Motorcyclist Sues GM Self After Self Driving Car Crashes Into Him Avoiding Another Vehicle

General Motors is in a race to be the first company to mass produce self-driving cars, but a recent crash with a San Francisco motorcyclist has illustrated the tricky challenge of assigning blame when an autonomous vehicle gets in an accident.

As self-driving cars take to the roads in increasing numbers, collisions with standard vehicles are inevitable, experts say, as are lawsuits.

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Tiberius1701A - 1/24/2018 12:07:02 PM

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'A Big Bowl of Not Good'™

Agent009 - 1/24/2018 1:50:15 PM

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All it take is one lawsuit loss by an automaker for the flood to start. Software in general is far from perfect.

TomM - 1/24/2018 2:45:42 PM

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Noting that the San Francisco PD determined that the motorcycle was attempting to pass on the right - and was assigned responsibility for the accident where the Bolt aborted a lane change - this will eventually go nowhere for the cyclist. Knowing that they likely have plenty of recorded information about the accident also helps as well.

But it should be noted - that while an Autonomous car will always obey the law - human drivers regularly try to pass on the right - which is almost always illegal. The autonomous car would assume that the lane is still vacant from where it started its lane change and then aborted it - because the cyclist should not have tried ITS maneuver.

xjug1987a - 1/24/2018 6:14:35 PM

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This is the future... no driver then either the software Mfr or the OEM. So OUR insurance should go down ehh?

MDarringer - 1/24/2018 9:17:37 PM

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Nope. Given all the litigation that WILL happen, insurance is more likely to skyrocket.