by "Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
Published 01/10/2017 at 18:30
by "Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
Published 01/10/2017 at 18:30
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I started thinking about this one day not long ago, and it seemed to me that there may come a time when drivers are bringing in their car maker on auto accident cases and that it’s going to make auto accident cases harder and more complex.
Well, I’m not as well versed or as well written as Steve Lehto, so I’m glad he covered it over at Road and Track:
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Essentially, litigation over lawsuits are going to in the not too distant future have twice as many parties involved. Twice as many pointing fingers. Twice as long to get to trial. Twice as hard to sort out fault.
But Steve’s article is only the first bite at how complex this will get. Juries will have to hear from designers on different compromises they made in sensor reaction and accident prevention. Determining fault and compensation between three at fault parties is not easy.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
01/10/2017 at 18:59, STARS: 0
One of things that worries me about HAVs are how maintenance is handled.
Driving is about more than just piloting the vehicle. The driver has to respond to anything that might indicate a mechanical failure. It’s part of the whole notion of paying attention, which is NOT a passenger’s responsibility. Sure, a passenger may ask “what’s that noise/vibration”, but the passenger is not required to be a co-pilot. They are totally allowed to put on headphones and zone out for the duration of the trip. Once a HAV takes over driving duties and all occupants are thereby “passengers”, you can’t expect them to babysit the car’s decision-making.
But not all of these decisions are being made while the car is in motion. There’s all those little maintenance items like light bulbs and tread depth. Some cars can sense when a light is out, and maybe in a case like this the car would automatically refuse to drive anywhere. But I’ve never heard of anything that automatically determines tire health (except for the limited capabilities of a TPMS). What happens when an owner allows the tires go bald and the HAV is left fighting for grip in bad weather?
Perhaps inspections will become mandatory for HAVs, even in states that don’t currently require inspections for passenger cars. Maybe it will be up to a certified facility to issue the car a clean bill of health and reset some kind of, say, 6-month countdown until the next inspection. And maybe the car will shut itself down if the inspection program is not renewed on time...?
"fintail" (fintail)
01/10/2017 at 21:25, STARS: 0
So many underemployed lawyers out there, just waiting.
I am still curious about what will be done regarding traffic citations, and the revenue stream created by zealous enforcement. More taxes, I suspect.
"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
01/11/2017 at 01:12, STARS: 0
Happened to aircraft companies so badly they mostly went out of bizness. In fact HALF the cost of buying a small plane is insurance for the manufacturer. just price out a new Cessna 172. the exhaust on an old 172 is $5,000.
A car crash happens. is it car? is it the software? is it the infrastructure the car operates in? whats the space conditions today of solar energy affecting gps resolution? is your car hacked? was the other? was the local infrastructure?
If anything, autonomous cars will start cheapish, but become crazy money after a few big tech lawsuits.