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    $\begingroup$ Terrorists would love this idea, remote controlled bombs in the country of your choice for the price of a $10 driving course !! $\endgroup$
    – Kilisi
    Commented May 25, 2019 at 1:09
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    $\begingroup$ I have some experience with working with India-based IT support teams. 1 U.S. dollar per hour total burdened labor cost is completely unrealistic; 5 USD per hour is much more credible. Add a modest 20% margin for the U.S.-based company, add the depreciation cost of the infrastructure and add the cost of insurance, and then notice the price charged to the customer is already close to the salary of a local driver... $\endgroup$
    – AlexP
    Commented May 25, 2019 at 13:21
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    $\begingroup$ Aha, finally found the entertaining "what if" on the subject of (semi)autonomous car accidents and litigation from Charles Stross that I'd been trying to remember since this got posted. antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/03/test-case.html $\endgroup$
    – Starfish Prime
    Commented May 25, 2019 at 19:06
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    $\begingroup$ @user4574 you assume they're waiting for such an event... even without terrorists....reality is more likely.... lightning strike took out the virtualisator and hub or something similar, servers couldn't communicate and safety feature put 2 million cars immediately on manual. Unfortunately 17000+ were asleep, 3200+ were engaged in a sexual act, 200,000+ were on drugs or drunk, 10,000+ didn't know how to drive to begin with, 1 million and 500 thousand were on their cell phones doing social media or games. Of the rest only 5 had gotten around to reading the safety manual and knew what to do. $\endgroup$
    – Kilisi
    Commented May 28, 2019 at 21:32
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    $\begingroup$ @user4574 - but how can you read a book if it's considered your responsibility to take over if they are driving dangerously? An accident usually happens in less than a second, and in this time you have to react to the alert (assuming the car successfully detects the danger and sounds the alert), put down your book, assess the situation and take the appropriate action - I get that it's the same with automated cars and it's a problem I also have with them (Hence my first sentence in the previous comment), assuming the occupant also bears responsibility in that case. $\endgroup$
    – valiantv
    Commented May 30, 2019 at 10:20