This is the first of a two-part episode with Philip Koopman, Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and William H. Widen, Professor at University of Miami School of Law.

The the two have been providing testimony to state legislatures about the safety of autonomous vehicles and authoring a bunch of articles. In this episode they walk us through the liability aspects of self driving cars and explain who the driver is.

Related Links

• https://assets.ctfassets.net/e6t5diu0txbw/54ngcIlGK4EZnUapYvAjyf/7a5b30a670350cc1d85c9d07ca282b0c/Comparison_of_Waymo_Rider_Only_Crash_Data_to_Human_Benchmarks_at_7_1_Million_Miles_arxiv.pdf
• https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2023/08/widen-koopman-automated-vehicles-criminal-law/
• https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-to-recall-more-than-two-million-vehicles-for-software-fix-a5fb3626
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V051-2023.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V064-8870.PDF
• https://safeautonomy.blogspot.com/2023/05/a-liability-approach-for-automated.html