Yeah -- as I understand it, the legal framework in most places is "The road code says you can't be drunk and so on, but it doesn't say you have to be in control."
> SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE legal in the United States. They’ve always been legal, because they’ve never been outlawed
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> New York has a law requiring a driver to keep one hand on the wheel at all times, but that doesn’t mean the car can’t drive itself.
I agree that room for experimentation is needed, though I absolutely believe there should be some testing and registration involved eventually. (Though mandatory third party insurance might solve most of the problem -- insurers would charge an arm and a leg for unknown, unproven or untested software.)
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/self-driving-cars-legal-real-ru...
> SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE legal in the United States. They’ve always been legal, because they’ve never been outlawed
...
> New York has a law requiring a driver to keep one hand on the wheel at all times, but that doesn’t mean the car can’t drive itself.
I agree that room for experimentation is needed, though I absolutely believe there should be some testing and registration involved eventually. (Though mandatory third party insurance might solve most of the problem -- insurers would charge an arm and a leg for unknown, unproven or untested software.)