There are no laws saying specifically that self driving cars are the liability of the manufacture in an accident.
And there are no laws saying specifically that a failure in adaptive cruise control that causes an accident is the liability of the manufacturer, either. That’s because the laws governing liability for motor vehicle accidents are exceptionally generic - they’re all just products liability torts. The same laws govern cars and hair dryers and power tools and everything. If you make a product and the product ends up hurting someone because it malfunctions, you (as the manufacturer) are liable.
Legislatures don’t adopt new liability laws each time a new product comes to market. You don’t need a law specifically addressing liability for accidents caused by self-driving cars. There might end up being some, of course. But the absence of any specific laws in no way operates as a barrier to companies selling (or advertising) such vehicles.
This is not hard, and it’s already happening. You may be aware that an autonomous vehicle that was built and operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona a few years back, when they were operating their pilot program. Uber ended up having to pay damages to the family of that pedestrian. There was no confusion - at all - about liability.
As I am saying nothing will be labeled a self driving car. They are here already.
Can you be more specific? Is there a specific car that you believe is self-driving? Or even a manufacturer that you can identify as making one?
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