• Glytch@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The company that rented it to you, because fully self-driving cars won’t be for private ownership, they’ll just replace rideshare drivers.

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      6 months ago

      Who’s to say that will be immediate? Many people won’t be quick to abandon their guaranteed-available vehicle, especially while every house and employer has parking.

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          6 months ago

          Not rhetorical question: has insurance ever immediately eliminated anything?

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                6 months ago

                Ok so ten years then. In that time nearly all average family cars will be smart. They will have self-driving (they can come pick you up). Will have a few years of insurance claims and premiums showing they are not responsible for 99% of crashes and insurance will react accordingly pushing up the insurance of the last holdouts so far that it becomes uneconomical for the average person to drive “manual”.

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                  6 months ago

                  It sounds like we’re assuming a similar adoption curve and are just using terms differently. In those intermediate years while insurance is reacting, if the driverless car kills someone, who’s to blame?

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                    6 months ago

                    Driverless car company. What that means in legal terms is beyond my understanding but companies kill people everyday so there’s probably precident.