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Park yourself cars

lurker172602 — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 06:24:45 GMT

I've been seeing a lot of advertising for cars that can park themselves lately. Who is responsible if something goes wrong and your car damages another while it is parking? Or are you more involved than the adverts show?

No biggy, I'm just curious.

Re: Park yourself cars

amber-eyed-girl — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 07:29:52 GMT

I believe, the driver controls the pedals but has to keep hands off the wheel. The driver would be responsible (unless there was a major acknowledged fault from the manufacturer...and they then took responsibility...or you could sue them successfully)

That's the way the only one I have seen works, anyway.

Re: Park yourself cars

ecar3483 — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:21:56 GMT

If you're in the car when it's reversing (automatically or not), at least in theory you're "in control" of the car.

That's how I'd figure it, but a $1000 an hour lawyer could probably argue holes through that, big enough to drive a truck through.