It seems pretty simple to me.
These vehicles will be loaded with sensors and recording devices.
If an accident occurs... tons of data will indicate who or what caused the =
accident.
A percentage will be applied to each vehicle or external event.... and who =
is in control will be ascertained.
Kind of creepy.... but not particularly hard to determine.
99guspuppet


> On Feb 10, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Denny Esterline wrote:
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> Not long ago many manufacturers were dumping significant sums of money in=
to
> various self driving car ideas. The whole scene got very quiet after one
> question was asked:
> When a self driving car injures someone, who's responsible?
> (translate that into "who get's sued")
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> In my opinion, we won't see significant deployment of this tech until
> someone has a very good answer to that question.
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> -Denny


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