Three Lessons Learned for Intelligent Transport Systems that Abide by the Law
Legal issues of autonomous vehicles (AV)-technology concern matters of security, consumer law and insurance, privacy and data protection, road traffic law, tax law, and more. Drawing on a more than fifteen-year-old debate, this paper aims to address these and further normative challenges of AVs that affect the intent of the law to govern the process of technological innovation. Whereas the equivalent of a medium town disappears every year in Europe due to road fatalities, AVs can play a fundamental role in reinventing our cities and their transportation systems within a smart informational environment.
Table of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Primary and Secondary Rules of Law
- 2.1. The content of the primary rules and their goals
- 2.2. Liability and burdens of proof
- 2.3. Rules of change
- 3. Political Decisions
- 3.1. Competing standards
- 3.2. A matter of tolerance
- 4. Re-engineering of the Law
- 4.1. Techno-regulation
- 4.2. The aims of design
- 4.3. Changing the nature of cities and their environment
- 5. Conclusion
