&gt; People should still be compensated when accidents happen, without the drag caused by trial attorneys attempting to extract as much as possible from self-driving vehicle manufacturers.<p>Of course but the current laws today can drag this out when people are involved; why would cars be any different?<p>&gt; The benefits of self-driving vehicles from reduced fatalities and accidents alone are so great that a process and funding needs to be in place to allow continued innovation (if done with safety put first).<p>We don&#x27;t do this in any other industry as far as I know. It&#x27;s a weird mechanic to make the manufacturers of automatically driving cars off the hook from accidents.<p>I understand the intent but I don&#x27;t know how that works within our current legal system and wouldn&#x27;t that encourage cheap, shitty-built cars since companies won&#x27;t need to be liable?