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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by babyshake on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @06:21PM (#30171122)
Of course, knowing that self-driving cars are 100% liable would incentivize some people to attempt to be hit by one of these vehicles for a payout. A more realistic level of liability would be for 100% liability for accidents resulting from an "unforced error".
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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by hgomersall on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:47AM (#30174879)
I still think the cars should anticipate risks and behave accordingly. Out and out fraud aside, they should basically never injure anyone.
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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by Jeff_Brown on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @11:35AM (#30179873)
There's always some kind of risk. The bridge you're on could fall down. Somewhere, someone will have to judge whether a bad outcome was a failure.
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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by hgomersall on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:03PM (#30184038)
Well as a pedestrian or cyclist, I'd like to make that risk judgment, not the vendor of the car that the person passing my bought from.
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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by worik on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @03:44AM (#30175233)
I agree

For one thing electric cars are too quiet.

There should be a law that someone with a bell has to walk in front of the car to let people know it is coming

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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by numpad0 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:32AM (#30175491)
Well, a noise making device has already been mandated because the startup car company refused to voluntarily install one. It hadn't been formalized because every other brands basically had it forever.
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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by rightbyte on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @03:37AM (#30175199)
100% liable as drivers.
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