Civil machines: Current state of autonomous vehicle liability

By Ryland MacDonald ( September 29, 2022, 1:57 PM EDT) -- In 2016, automobile manufacturers predicted that autonomous vehicles (AVs) would hit the road for wide consumer use as early as 2021. It is now 2022 and human operated vehicles still rule the road. Although the reasons for delay are not particularly clear, it is apparent that AVs still have a long road ahead of them (pun intended). A May 2022 study from the American Automobile Association found that AVs attempting to negotiate an intersection with a cyclist struck the cyclist 33 per cent of the time....