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Message: [QUOTE="Famine, post: 11885472, member: 9036"] [b][color=indigo]At the moment, with Level 2 autonomy (car will drive itself, needs driver present and ready to take over at all times), the driver does. The driver is always responsible for that car. With Level 5 autonomy (car is exclusively autonomous, no driver controls are needed and may not be fitted), the software is doing the driving and that means that the company that wrote the software is liable. The Audi is Level 3 (car will drive itself conditionally, driver is not required) and that complicates things quite a bit. I'd suggest that as the car [i]is[/i] autonomous, the company that wrote the software is liable, but only during autonomous driving modes - and the driver cannot be liable even if he doesn't take control in a situation where a crash is about to occur. However the driver will be liable while he is driving and also if any crash occurs because he [i]has[/i] taken control. Chances are that you'd see an insurance discount for a car you aren't driving some of the time - and there may be a case for 'black box' type insurance that bills you per mile that you drive yourself. The conditional requirements for autonomy on the Audi are laughably small though, so it's likely to be a car you almost never have in autonomous mode. Level 4 autonomy is like Level 5, but the car has defined operating areas where it is capable of full autonomy and areas where it is not and you are required to drive. I think the same will probably apply as it does for Level 3.[/color][/b] [/QUOTE]

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