Self-driving car users should be off the hook for range of offences, commissions set out
The Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have proposed the creation of an Automated Vehicles Act that would shift the responsibility away from drivers of self-driving cars.
Drivers of self-driving vehicles, which the Law Commission recommends should be referred to as “user-in-charge”, would have immunity from a wide range of offences – from dangerous driving to exceeding
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