Category: Driverless Cars

Perfection will never be possible, but tragic pedestrian death in self driving Uber crash shouldn’t stop autonomous vehicles, which will save lives and reduce car accidents by 90% or more

Auto attorney Steve Gursten offers strategies for how lawyers can be ready for the day when autonomous vehicles (AVs) slash car accidents by 90%

Research finds driverless cars can’t easily predict bicycles’ unexpected traffic patterns or pick up on their paths, putting cyclists at risk for a crash

Will there be – as one expert predicts – ‘a shift in blame for a crash from the at-fault driver to the automotive industry and … manufacturers and software developers who design and update [driverless] car computers’? Driverless cars will one day do wonders to save lives. That’s why I’ve been such an outspoken proponent …

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Industry ‘insider’ also predicts automated vehicles will reduce auto accident frequency by up to 90% I’ve written extensively on what I think the future will bring, and how potential tort liability for driverless car manufacturers will be sorted out. We know there will be a much brighter and hopeful future, where most of the terrible …

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New historic law will allow autonomous vehicles to be road-tested without a human being present Driverless cars will, without a doubt, drive us all into a future where drastically fewer car accidents occur: “Automated vehicles have the potential to save thousands of lives …” – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx “[T]he Department of Transportation has …

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House Bills 4637, 4639 and 4640 set liability limits for on-duty, ‘transportation network company’ drivers with and without passengers; No Fault benefits for passengers; coverage exclusions; bills go to Governor We know that app-based ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft have been doing business here in Michigan for a while. However, what we haven’t known …

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Volvo says ‘yes.’ The U.S. DOT acknowledges it’s worth considering. So why did Michigan lawmakers steer clear of the issue in our driverless car bills (SB 995-997)? Yesterday, I talked about Michigan’s driverless car legislation and how it fell short of the “Federal Automated Vehicles Policy,” which says manufacturers who want to road-test their self-driving …

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U.S. DOT’s ‘Federal Automated Vehicles Policy’ urges $5 million in liability insurance coverage for road-testing self-driving cars, determining manufacturer liability for car accidents. Yet, neither issue addressed in MI Senate Bills 995-997 I’m 100% in support of the driverless car legislation that’s on its way to Gov. Rick Snyder for his consideration. It’s an important …

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