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Thomas Paul Murphy

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Self Driving Car and get out free

 So if you are drunk and have a self driving car that kills someone with you behind the wheel is that a get out of jail free card?

Full d. I don't drink.  Cant stand it.

Is the suspect legal defense, "I saw what the car was doing and grabbed the controls but t was too late?"

Say it was the car maker?

Split the liability enough so there is no lability at all?  ( Wow, that resonates!)

It makes you wonder if a car salesmen would even incorp the above in a shifty sales pitch?

*****'

And lets say that your self driving car was speeding during the accident?  Should a self driving car be allowed to speed?  I can see needing to speed momentarily to avert an accident.  But that is different than a self driving car speeding to get to or from a tavern.  And I don't trust the human na.ture at the top of this one to get it programmed right and true.

I am not one to be politically correct, accept every odd irresponsible proposed change and follow the pied piper.

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I want to do an article on "secondary location tactics."