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Striking the balance between protecting an emerging technology that promises to save millions of lives, and compensating victims when driverless cars crash Worldwide, approximately 1.2 million people die every year in car and truck accidents, according to the World Health Organization. Of that number, approximately 30,000 to 40,000 people are killed every year in automobile …
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Is a driverless car pay-out fund that compensates car accident victims the solution? I’ve written a lot about the liability and tort issues being raised with the exciting future of driverless cars. To be clear, I am a big proponent of this technology. It brings wonderful possibilities to the table, such as a safer trucking …
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Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed laws that would allow “driverless” cars to be legally road-tested in Michigan. And the University of Michigan will be home to a $6.5 million, 32-acre test site for these driverless cars Driverless cars— also called self-driving cars, autonomous cars and robotic cars, even Google cars — are vehicles with advanced …
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Self driving cars are here. In Michigan. Right now. As I wrote two weeks ago, self driving cars recently got the legislative green light. Now, Gov. Snyder and other officials have just announced a new, $6.5 million, 32-acre site to be built on the University of Michigan’s north campus as a test center for self …
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Detroit Legal News interviews Gursten on new laws that would allow testing of self-driving cars in Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed laws that would allow “driverless” cars to be legally road-tested in Michigan. Attorney Steven Gursten, head of Michigan Auto Law, answers questions from the Detroit Legal News on the legislation, and issues surrounding …
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New laws allowing driverless cars to be tested on Michigan roadways provide immunity to manufacturers and installers “Driverless” cars recently got the green light for road testing on Michigan roadways. And as I had previously predicted, the new law also provides legal immunity for manufacturers and installers of driverless technology. In fact, the future for …
The legal Recorder in California featured attorney Steven Gursten of Michigan Auto Law as an expert on autonomous cars in a recent story. Gursten told the newspaper that lawyers may become obsolete by a lack of car accidents due to autonomous cars. But Gursten noted he’d like to see federal agencies set minimum standards to …
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U.S. DOT traffic safety agency takes ground-breaking step by issuing policy statement and recommendations for “testing of self-driving vehicles” As the buzz continues to build about “driverless” or “self-driving” cars being a part of everyone’s future, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has taken the wheel and merged into the fast lane. And it …
The key to making driverless cars safe is not “killing all the lawyers” Bloomberg’s Megan McArdle got it all wrong in her September 11, 2013, column, “To Enjoy Driverless Cars, First Kill All The Lawyers.” I say this not out of any sense for self-preservation because I am a lawyer. Although, to be fair, I …
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