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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by greedo on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:39PM (#13173095)
This is a frequent argument I keep seeing about the cost of insurance rising as autonomous vehicles are introduced. There's no reason they'll rise past what they're currently charging; insurance takes into account current risk. In the future, the risk if anything should decrease.
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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by laurentoget on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @01:46AM (#13174306)
The risk may decrease but liability may increase, as this is a risk you are taking deliberately if you decide to drive your car instead of getting a safe self driving car like everybody else.
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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by greedo on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:27PM (#13177765)
Insurance doesn't work that way. Liability isn't an ephemeral concept, it's the chance of a claim X the amount of a claim, pooled in a group of buyers with differing risks. The relative cost of insurance compared to an autonomous vehicle should increase, but not the dollar amount.
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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by laurentoget on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @03:28PM (#13179361)
Car accidents kill people. The amount of those claims is not fixed and will increase when every fatality can lead to a wrongful death civil case.
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