Self-driving cars post liability questions as companies expand

Self-driving cars post liability questions as companies expand

THE SIGNAL

Self-driving cars have the potential to dramatically change transportation, but collisions between humans and autonomous vehicles pose complicated legal challenges. 
With no driver at the wheel, a crash with an autonomous vehicle, or AV, means confusion, especially in the infancy of the nascent technology. Issues a driver will have to navigate include filing an insurance claim and who to sue, if needed, not to mention how to sue.

“It’s imperfect,” said University of South Carolina law professor Bryant Walker Smith, whose work focuses on AVs. “ …

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