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Old 08-30-2017, 10:56 AM   #591
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Originally Posted by puckedoff View Post
It's different for Toyota though, as they are selling the vehicles.

Human driver crashes their Toyota and injures other, gets sued or has insurance to cover.

Toyota's AI car crashes and injures others, now Toyota is getting sued and needs insurance?
Perhaps his statements were made with pre-conceived notions for how they would handle the culture of autonomous driving (or lack thereof), but it doesn't dismiss the obvious benefit autonomous driving would have if it makes road safety better and reduces the number of accidents/injuries/fatalities.

History has shown many examples of disruptive technology being integrated into society over the ages, despite disaster scenarios. I doubt the fear of being sued is shared by many other car manufacturers, as proven by the millions these companies are pouring into the technology.
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