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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
I'm curious as to the here and now...these cars ARE on the road today, and thus require insurance if they are on the road...my question is, how do the insurance companies see these vehicles in terms of risk, and thus, my question as to the rates that are currently being charged.
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From what I've read so far these vehicles have a much lower accident rate than human drivers, and the vast majority of crashes were caused by the other human driven vehicles. However I can see the possibility of juries awarding a much higher award to those injured by an autonomous vehicle.
As for the earlier discussion about the ability to read signs, eventually all road signs will be cataloged in the vehicles database. I don't know if they still do this but in the early days I've read that all debris in the roadway was in the database with each car giving an immediate update when it encountered something new.
