Driverless Cars in the Fast Lane: Liability Ahead!

American Bar Association2016 Annual Meeting

August 5, 2016

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Driverless Cars Back Then

Remote Controlled Car (1921)

Vision of Future Highways (1938)

Foreseeing Accident Prevention (1953)

Anticipating Social Changes (1956)

Automated Highway Concept (1997)

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Accelerating Advances in Technology

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A Brave New World of Disruptive Technologies

Pervasive Computing

Social networks

Mobile computing

Big Data

Internet of ThingsCloud

Computing

Augmented & Virtual Reality

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

3D Printing & JIT

Manufacturing

Privacy & Security

Technologies

Wearable computers

Agenda

• Sarah Thornton: When will the technology be available to the public and and is it safe?

• Bryant Walker Smith: Is autonomous driving legal?

• Thomas Lue: Developing AV technology.• Stephen Wu: Who will be liable and how will

we manage liability risks?• Laura Ruettgers: How will insurance markets

change?