Category: Driverless Cars

August 1, 2015

Surprise! Humans are still way more dangerous than autonomous cars The media went crazy for about 24 hours with stories about the first injury-producing car accident involving a Google car. But, it turns out it was a human who caused the crash. After 1.9 million miles of test driving Google cars, these miraculous vehicles – …

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June 18, 2015

A look at how to protect drivers as Google reports the 12th crash of its autonomous vehicle Google has recently reported its 12th self-driving car accident, according to a recent post in autoblog.com. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said during the company’s annual shareholder meeting that the autonomous vehicle was stopped at a traffic light and …

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March 7, 2015

Michigan Auto Law attorney Todd Berg weighs in on Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast on the Legal Talk Network Driverless cars are well on their way. They’re being tested right now on Michigan streets and highways, and as I told a roomful of several hundred lawyers at the Florida Association for Justice Workhorse Seminar last week, …

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February 20, 2015

Todd Berg of Michigan Auto Law discusses liability of autonomous car accidents on Legal Talk Network’s Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast The technology of driverless cars is developing quickly. And as these vehicles – with new advanced technology that enables them to navigate without a human driver – develop, the discussions about who’s really liable in …

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October 4, 2014

Bloomberg Businessweek reports insurers could see ‘significant’ drop in premium revenue as autonomous cars reduce motor vehicle accidents by up to 90% I’ve previously written that I would be happy to find another line of work.  I work as an attorney and my practice focuses on helping people injured in motor vehicle accidents. If one …

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September 10, 2014

The possibilities for the future of self-driving cars are tremendous. If done right, they could literally prevent car accidents from occurring and save thousands of lives every year, as most car accidents are caused by human error. Since I’m an attorney who practices auto accident law for a living, and I work at a law …

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September 6, 2014

How vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V) is developing to prevent car accidents with  autonomous cars and human-driven vehicles Cars with technology that enables them to communicate with other cars on the road in order to prevent car crashes is such an exciting idea to me. Yes, I’m an auto accident lawyer. I often quip that I can’t …

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August 23, 2014

As driverless cars come closer to fruition, the technology is now taking a big leap toward the driverless commercial truck. I’ve been watching this development closely.  As a past-president of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Truck Litigation Group, and as a founding partner of the Truck Accident Attorneys Roundtable, the issue is certainly one …

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July 10, 2014

People being people will pose unique legal challenges for driverless cars People jaywalking, indecisive bicyclists, darting children and swerving cars… The above examples serve to bring just some of the challenges of driverless cars into sharp focus. But these are not technological obstacles. They’re precious lives, and the mistakes people will make are foreseeable ones. …

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