This article studies a model of liability for automobile accidents in the coming world in which automobiles will be … autonomous. In that world, travelers will not be drivers, rendering liability premised on driver fault irrelevant as a means of … reducing accident dangers. Moreover, no other conventional principle of individual or of manufacturer liability would serve …

This article studies a model of liability for automobile accidents in the coming world in which automobiles will be … autonomous. In that world, travelers will not be drivers, rendering liability premised on driver fault irrelevant as a means of … reducing accident dangers. Moreover, no other conventional principle of individual or of manufacturer liability would serve …

safety and to design socially optimal liability rules in comparative negligence for AVs and human drivers. A unified game is … AV manufacturer's role in traffic safety, and the law maker's role in liability design. Our findings demonstrate that … human drivers could develop moral hazard if they perceive their road environment has become safer and an optimal liability …