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<blockquote data-quote="kamoz" data-source="post: 1179240" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>There's a huge elephant in the room, and how it is addressed when self-driving cars attempt to be implemented will be very telling. One word: liability.</p><p></p><p>We don't have all the details, but this case looks fairly clear-cut. Uber is at fault and lawyers will be lining up begging to take the case.</p><p></p><p>Imagine when there are thousands of these cars driving around built by various manufacturers. A software or hardware issue causes a hard over of the steering wheel and a 10-car pileup or plowing of pedestrians results. What then? Car manufacturers still face lawsuits on a regular basis, but not from your average accident since it's almost always driver error (or not that of the manufacturer). </p><p></p><p>Based on how this article was written, there will probably be attempts to shield manufacturers from liability. If it applies only to self-driving cars and not to other industries (quite likely) then that would be a dead giveaway to those of us that understand the existence of the deep state. </p><p></p><p>An example of one industry that was devastated by changes to (loosening of) liability laws in the early 1980s was general aviation. Once general aviation companies were opened up to being sued by anyone and their dog, these companies shut down left and right. After some band-aid regulations were made over subsequent decades to make it look like the government cared about personal aircraft ownership, these companies started producing airplanes again, but at exorbitant costs. You're looking at half a million to a million dollars for a new typical 4-6 seat personal airplane. </p><p></p><p>If self-driving car manufacturers are shielded from liability - and I don't see how their existence is possible without it - then the message is clear: freedom of transportation is on the way out. Affordable personal aircraft ownership is the pinnacle of this freedom. Personal car ownership is second. To you guys drinking the Kool-Aid, wake up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kamoz, post: 1179240, member: 10465"] There's a huge elephant in the room, and how it is addressed when self-driving cars attempt to be implemented will be very telling. One word: liability. We don't have all the details, but this case looks fairly clear-cut. Uber is at fault and lawyers will be lining up begging to take the case. Imagine when there are thousands of these cars driving around built by various manufacturers. A software or hardware issue causes a hard over of the steering wheel and a 10-car pileup or plowing of pedestrians results. What then? Car manufacturers still face lawsuits on a regular basis, but not from your average accident since it's almost always driver error (or not that of the manufacturer). Based on how this article was written, there will probably be attempts to shield manufacturers from liability. If it applies only to self-driving cars and not to other industries (quite likely) then that would be a dead giveaway to those of us that understand the existence of the deep state. An example of one industry that was devastated by changes to (loosening of) liability laws in the early 1980s was general aviation. Once general aviation companies were opened up to being sued by anyone and their dog, these companies shut down left and right. After some band-aid regulations were made over subsequent decades to make it look like the government cared about personal aircraft ownership, these companies started producing airplanes again, but at exorbitant costs. You're looking at half a million to a million dollars for a new typical 4-6 seat personal airplane. If self-driving car manufacturers are shielded from liability - and I don't see how their existence is possible without it - then the message is clear: freedom of transportation is on the way out. Affordable personal aircraft ownership is the pinnacle of this freedom. Personal car ownership is second. To you guys drinking the Kool-Aid, wake up. [/QUOTE]
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