Although the idea of driverless cars has gained a powerful hold over public consciousness, the vehicles themselves still need extensive development before they're ready for mass production. Aside from conquering some technical hurdles, a number of legal questions also remain. If a self-driving car is involved in an accident, who is legally culpable - the car's owner, manufacturer, or another party entirely?
Self-Driving Vehicles Explained
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has created five different classification levels. The most common type of self-driving car has level one automation. Level one vehicles typically have cruise control, lane alert, and other features that provide information and assistance to the driver but which do not control the vehicle autonomously.
Levels four and five are the most autonomous types of vehicles. Technically, they do not require a human in the driver's seat, although manufacturers require one in case the car malfunctions in some way.
Statistics Related to Self-Driving Vehicle Safety
Assessing the overall safety of driverless vehicles is difficult. The lack of industry-wide standards means each company uses its own definitions of what constitutes an accident. Also, no mandated reporting exists. In many cases, the company is better served by downplaying any incidents that occur on the road, and no consistent, third-party method of follow-up exists.
However, several available statistics help paint a larger picture of...
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