Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by sib on Sunday January 19, 2020 @11:11AM
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But all of those cars are insured (and that insurance is underwritten) today. So the liability already lives on the balance sheet of insurance companies. Maybe the specific companies change...
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Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by lsc on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:30PM
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eh, right now most people are massively underinsured; minimum coverage in California is like $35k, and most insurance companies won't sell you a plan with more than a half million of liability (at least not without an umbrella policy) - if we stop subsidizing driving through pushing costs on to victims of accidents, the cost of driving will go up. But yeah, it should be about the cost of a good umbrella policy+auto policy is now, modulo any savings if the self-driving car gets in fewer accidents.
Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by lsc on Monday January 20, 2020 @05:03PM
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but note, we're paying most of that already in the form of people who are killed and under-compensated by under-insured drivers. Increasing liability insurance minimums would roll that cost that is currently born entirely by the victim into the cost of operating a car, which is where it ought to be.