Citation

Glancy DJ, Peterson RW, Graham KF. Accid. Reconstr. J. 2017; 27(4): pp 15-18, 49-60.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Accident Reconstruction Journal)

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Abstract

Driverless vehicles have the potential to change the ground transportation landscape, offering advantages in the areas of safety, convenience, mobility and environmental protection. These changes, however, will also impact the legal environment in which driverless vehicles operate. This report examines how driverless vehicles both fit into and challenge existing driving rules, and suggests modifications of these rules for the good of the public. The authors offer a brief history of policy response to technological change and highway travel. They suggest that historical responses by policymakers shed light on how challenges have been resolved and can inform new policy related to driverless vehicles. The authors also detail distinctive characteristic of driverless vehicles; driverless vehicle technologies, connected vehicle technologies; manufacture and sales; highly automated vehicles that are not driverless; and issues around civil liabilities for personal injury.

Language: en

Keywords

Laws; Intelligent vehicles; Transportation policy; Connected vehicles