• bufalo1973@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    The funny part will be once the car doesn’t have a driver and is full autonomous. If the car kills someone, who’s to blame?

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      6 months ago

      The company that rented it to you, because fully self-driving cars won’t be for private ownership, they’ll just replace rideshare drivers.

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        6 months ago

        It’s not the same. When you have a dog you use a leash and, if needed, you can restrain the mouth.

        In this case you are not in control. And you can’t be. You are just a passenger. And you should have the same responsibility as a passenger in a train: none.

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          6 months ago

          I didn’t know about your parameters. I would think your example pushes it home, no car should ever be fully autonomous and should have a “leash” that a human could “restrain” the car with if necessary. Is no good?

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      6 months ago

      Whichever was at fault is my non-lawyer opinion.

      What kind of penalty you apply to a self driving car guilty for causing an accident is a good question though.

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        6 months ago

        I guess it would be the car maker’s responsibility if you are only a passenger in the car.