Scenario Discontinuity Analysis: Liability and Regulation October 2015
About This Report
SBI's Driverless Futures presents the third in a series of Scenario Discontinuity Analysis reports. These research-based reports analyze elements that are likely to have exceptionally high influence over the future of automated-vehicle commercialization. This Scenario Discontinuity Analysis report focuses on how potential liability-related legal and regulatory developments could impact development, capabilities, and usefulness of vehicle automation technologies.
This report is available to sponsors of Driverless Futures Phase 1.
Table of Contents
Overview | 2 |
Liability Issues | 3 |
Discontinuities | 4 |
Potential Development Pathways | 5 |
Product Liability Laws | 6 |
Increasingly Difficult Cases | 7 |
Problems of Proof | 8 |
Impacts of User Actions | 9 |
Impacts of Regulations | 10 |
Scenario A—Can't Keep Up: Conventional Liability Rules | 11 |
Scenario B—Hand in Hand: Certification and Licensure | 12 |
Scenario C—On Your Own: Proactive, Punitive Restrictions | 13 |
Signposts: Early Detection of Regulation and Liability Trends | 14 |
Signposts from Scenario A—Can't Keep Up | 15 |
Signposts from Scenario B—Hand in Hand | 16 |
Signposts from Scenario C—On Your Own | 17 |
Concluding Perspectives | 18 |
A Note on Levels | 23 |
About SBI | 24 |