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A safety critical system is not safe if the outcome of the operator and the system is unpredictable.
We have the legal system so an injured party can sue the driver if they are injured or disabled.
In this trial, all they are asking for is that the auto pilot manufacturer be held to the same standard.
You cause an accident by manually driving, you are legally liable.
You release auto pilot software that causes an accident, you are legally liable.
Everyone should be responsible for their actions. Seems like a very reasonable standard to hold everyone to.
The human behind the wheel should always be the one liable unless it can be shown that the human attempted to take corrective action and the system for some reason overrode the human or wouldn't allow the correction and "forced" the accident.
If you aren't willing to take on that responsibility perhaps you shouldn't be operating the vehicle.
Other than deliberate situations, no one is passing a red light in a busy intersection like that. Even drunk drivers aren’t going to be passing through that intersection while it’s red.