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Originally Posted by Schraderbrau
What would happen in a situation where I own a self driving car and I am in it, but it is self driving, causes an accident, and kills someone. Would I be liable and could I be charged with vehicular manslaughter even if it was the self driving car that caused the accident?
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If you're in a taxi wouldn't the driver be the guy in trouble, not you the passenger?
Unless you overrode the command to go get repairs, or got crappy repairs done, I think it's the car's fault. (Remember, self driving means they can self drive their ass to a mechanic or dealership for repairs).
One thing I realized is that with self driving cars with swarm hive mind, they can tailgate each other within inches/feet going 100 kmph+ they would all brake within milliseconds of each other if some weird thing happened. It wouldn't be reactionary. They could have proactive response even if the occupant has no idea what's going on behind or ahead. (ie: Crash/Moose/dumb pedestrian up ahead, everyone slow down. Emergency vehicle behind, move out of lane X and maintain speed)
Diemenz comments are true too. Traffic law > Morality.