WU2019.4.3

Car insurance in the age of self-driving – analysis
of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018

Michał Marynowski

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33995/wu2019.4.3

Abstract

With the inevitable rise of autonomous vehicles, it is vital for legislators to create legal frameworks for
situations previously non-existent. Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 enacted in the UK is an attempt in adjusting currently existing third-party insurance framework to the needs of driverless vehicles.
The article is an attempt in analysis of “Part 1, Automated vehicles: liability of insurers etc” of the Act,
its relatively limited scope, and norms introduced to regulate the cases of accidents of vehicles driving
themselves without human intervention, and possible consequences of unauthorised software modifications in regards to insurers liability

 

Słowa kluczowe

car insurance, self-driving, autonomous vehicles, United Kingdom

 

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