Comment by madamelic

Comment by madamelic 9 hours ago

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> Developer of such system? Company who made the car? Company who created the self driving system?

Those would in many cases be the same company. And yes, the entity responsible for injury would be the car manufacturer, not the driver or riders. Taking on legal liability for the car is part of the 'qualifications' for L3.

The specifics of what part of the system failed can be litigated if defendants (companies) need to be added to the case but in no case will the people inside of a vehicle designated higher than SAE L3 be held at fault for the accident.

general1726 9 hours ago

And that's why I think we will never see L4 or L5 system. These system would be constantly "broken" due to i.e. dirty/miscalibrated sensors to prevent possible lawsuits which would be so often that they would become essentially useless.

  • Rexxar 8 hours ago

    The company who operates the car is responsible for this. Broken systems is not a way to avoid lawsuit but a sure way to be convicted.

    • general1726 7 hours ago

      If system is broken, it is not working. If it is not working then it can't drive you around.