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Driverless cars

upthecreekyetagain — Wed, 18 May 2016 12:12:26 GMT

If driverless cars become a reality who will get the points when they break the speed limit?

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clute21 — Wed, 18 May 2016 13:08:36 GMT

Thats obvious if theres an ebay seller in the car

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mikes*corvettes — Wed, 18 May 2016 15:19:53 GMT

Forget that, the insurance company leeches are going to take a big hit to their pockets.

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fallen-archie — Wed, 18 May 2016 15:26:30 GMT

Well what a good question.

I suspect it will go as follows;

If it's a large driverless Mercedes it will have diplomatic immunity.
If a BMW it will be charged to the dealership.
If it's a mini cab then the cost of tracking down the legal owner will far exceed the fine.
If you are a worker on minimum wage it won't affect you because you can't afford one, however you will be done for overtaking a driverless car at 25mph in a 20 mph area, you will also be done for driving without due care, for having two tyres which are deemed to be below the tread limit, be breathalised and fail due to not having sobered up from the night before and finally just for having the audacity to drive a motorised vehicle.

Re: Driverless cars

evoman3957 — Wed, 18 May 2016 17:36:33 GMT

There's only one thing more pointless than trying to argue with the state and that's trying to argue with a machine. A human would plead not guilty by reason of insanity. A machine would plead not guilty by reason of impunity.

Re: Driverless cars

suzieseaside — Wed, 18 May 2016 19:49:28 GMT

Still a bit of tweaking necessary !

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/09/google-self-driving-car-crash-video-accident-bus

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bankhaunter — Thu, 19 May 2016 12:33:42 GMT

I like the way Google admit 'partial' responsibility.

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bankhaunter — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:30:32 GMT

Apparently pedestrians which may be hit need have no worries about being thrown off into the path of other traffic, Google have come up with an idea to make them stick to the car while the 'driver' thinks about stopping.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/18/google-patents-sticky-layer-self-driving-car-accidents

Perhaps in the future paramedics will carry special people scrapers.