[voltaireodactyl]

In the pileup example, the human driver is legally at fault. If a self driving car causes the pileup, who is at fault?

[herval]

My understanding is the firm operating the car is liable, in the full self driving case of commercial vehicles (waymo). The driver is liable in supervised self driving cases (privately owned Tesla)

[qup]

Well, maybe its wheel fell off.

So, the mechanic who maintenanced it last?

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We don't fault our tools, legally. We usually also don't fault the manufacturer, or the maintenance guy. We fault the people using them.