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Usually invoked after some harm has been caused.

Perhaps there is something we can do before the, nearly obvious, harm occurs.

What is the utility for deciding is one party or another is liable first? Since self driving accidents are rare, we could just have shared liability and defer to courts. I’d imagine a lot of these accidents go to court now. National streamlined processes could be established as more motorists opt into self driving technology.

"Nearly obvious" seems to be doing a lot of work in that sentence. Maybe elaborate? There are now millions of cars on the road with some level of autonomy, you don't need to hand-wave about what you believe "will" happen. Just show the data.

It was the items mentioned by @lolinder - software updates causing cars behavior to change, who really owns it, etc.

That context was easier to see when this thread started.

The "nearly obvious" was referring to things already mentioned, which I also think are obvious but many others don't.

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