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by CM30 13 days ago
Depends how serious the consequences are. A normal scrape which doesn't damage either car much or cause any real injury? That's something for insurance companies to figure out. A major accident that kills or seriously injures someone (especially due to drunk or distracted driving)? Someone's probably getting a hefty fine and points on their license at minimal, more likely prison.

If a self-driving car gets into an accident that kills a pedestrian or other driver, someone's going to have to take responsibility for that.

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> due to drunk or distracted driving)? Someone's probably getting a hefty fine and points on their license at minimal, more likely prison.

In the US, killing someone with your car while being drunk and driving twice the speed limit gets you 10 days in jail: "10 Days for Bobby Cann’s Killer, a Repeat Drunk Driver, Is an Insult" (https://chi.streetsblog.org/2017/01/27/10-day-sentence-for-b...)