Uber self-driving SUV that flipped on its side in a collision in Tempe, Arizona on March 24, 2017. (Photo: Tempe Police Department)
Self-driving cars may be the future thanks to the innovative Tesla, Uber and Volvo, but are they the future for personal injury law?
This is the question that drives the thinking in regard to personal injury. Self-driving cars are safer. They have quick-time reactions due to their high-level technology. They aren't distracted like drivers, and they can't become intoxicated. With self-driving cars, accidents may be a thing of the past. While there have been two reported accidents from self-driving cars in March 2018, it doesn't compare to the hundreds upon thousands upon hundred of thousands of deaths that occur from human drivers.
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