Who’s to blame for self-driving vehicle accidents? UK says it’s on automakers

Last year, the UK became the first country to regulate the use of autonomous vehicles at slow speeds on motorways. Specifically, this means vehicles with automated lane-keeping systems (ALKS), able to control steering and speed within a designated lane. But the government’s expecting that automated driving systems (ADS) will soon develop to a point when an AV will be able to drive itself without a human paying attention to the road — as is now the case. And, naturally, this has profound legal consequences. For this reason, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have revised the Automated…

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