One group of people eagerly awaiting the arrival of autonomous (self-driving) vehicles are lawyers, according to a recent report on CNET. While the soon-to-arrive vehicles are sure to save countless lives (after cigarettes, motorized vehicles are the second most dangerous consumer product on the market – thanks to human operators), a host of legal opportunities will emerge with regards to product liability, tort law, negligence, foreseeable harm, patent encumbrance, and design defects. To limit the liability of companies that will supply autonomous technology, laws will need to be enacted to curb their legal exposure.
Autoblog , Self-driving cars face host of legal hurdles, Self-driving cars face host of legal hurdles
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