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There's not many cars with steer-by-wire [0]. IF the steer-by-wire malfunctions, it's the same kind of issue as if the brakes were to malfunction, or the axle came undone and the wheels spun off the car. Whether that failure can be attributed to you or not (e.g. you neglected maintenance) would need expert witnesses to assess.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steer-by-wire

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US and most other places will put all blame on conductor, who can later start other procedures to move it to another party (manufacturer, bad repair, etc)

This is why cars should have flight recorders like planes and the software in cars must be independently verified.

Presumably it would only get to that point were there fatalities or serious injury involved. In general I’d expect the cop to issue a citation and shrug and say take it up with the judge and auto maker.

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