Can police give a self-driving computer a ticket?

ElCubano said:
What happens if it kills someone?
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ironchef said:
I was serious. Ultimately, many will be on the road and when mishaps happen, there is no law on how to deal with it. Read on:

The dispatch records (which are written in all caps) say the vehicle “FREAKED OUT” and that the officer was ultimately “UNABLE TO ISSUE CITATION TO COMPUTER,” according to Arizona Republic.
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The lawyers win? It's going to be a clown fiesta, (but everyone already knows this) I figure the people in the car will sue for emotional distress, The estate of the person killed will sue everyone from the intern to NTSB.

I'd imagine in the end autonomous car code will have some sort of certification for "approved road use" look at Therac-25, or the trolley problem. The government would not even have to do it (but they will), I'm sure insurance will have a must use approved code or it's not on us clause.

The other question is, what happens to the insurance companies?
1) They get homogenized into some sort of umbrella or home owners/renters insurance policy (your driving record does not matter if it's a bot)
2) Things keep the same, but insurance companies just pass the buck to the software provider. (optimistically maybe rates go down)
3) owning a car/non-autonomous driving car becomes bouquet and insurance is ultra expensive.
4) something else?
 
The ticket should go to the self driving car owner. The car owner should sort with car manufacturer who in turn should work the AI folks. Why can't we be more focus on the issue? Rather than veering of into politics. Focus is an edge for a successful trader.
 
Peter8519 said:
The ticket should go to the self driving car owner. The car owner should sort with car manufacturer who in turn should work the AI folks. Why can't we be more focus on the issue? Rather than veering of into politics. Focus is an edge for a successful trader.
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Why car owner?

It is not like raising a kid, I am not responsible for developing or building or teaching (programming) the self driving computer?
 
Peter8519 said:
The ticket should go to the self driving car owner. The car owner should sort with car manufacturer who in turn should work the AI folks. Why can't we be more focus on the issue? Rather than veering of into politics. Focus is an edge for a successful trader.
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The self-driving car owner was not driving the car. So why would the ticket go to the owner of the car?

It is like a car rental. If the driver of the rental gets a moving violation like running a red-light, why is the rental company liable for the ticket?
 
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