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Google's automated cars may very well save groceries over babies
"Not necessarily, University of Washington Professor of Law Ryan Calo explained. "It is a challenge," he told Ross. "Nobody should reasonab…
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Driverless cars: Is the state’s approach best?
"DMW officials say they want to strike a balance between safety and encouraging a promising technology. They won applause from some corners. But Bryant Wal…
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California’s New Self-Driving Car Rules Are Great for Texas
"“California’s proposed rules are great news for Texas,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law…
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Eye on Safety, California Sets Rules for Self-Driving Cars
""This points to a very long slog ahead for not just Google, but really other automakers as well," said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at t…
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Google’s Plan for Self-Driving Cars Means It Will Have to Compete With Uber
"“Eventually, Google’s driverless vehicles will compete with not just Uber and taxis, but also FedEx, Amazon, Seamless, transit operators and the very noti…
The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can’t c…
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Cyber Attacks and Civil Liability - Symposium and Call for Contributors
From my students at the University of South Carolina: Cyber Attacks and Civil Liability Call for Panelists and Papers Panelist Proposals Deadline: 12/18/1…
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AP Exclusive: Big Texas welcome for Google self-driving cars
"State officials would not comment on their take, but one legal scholar said Google's read of state law was not farfetched. "A reasonable interpre…
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Who gets the ticket when a self-driving car is pulled over?
"According to Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor in the School of Law at the University of South Carolina and an expert on the law of self-driving…
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When a robot car makes a mistake, a human always gets the ticket
"For minor offences like speeding or parking tickets, the person sitting behind the driver’s wheel is almost certainly going to face the music, says Bryant…
The Ethics Behind Driverless Cars
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Imagine yourself in the future for a moment riding in a driverless car. You see 10 pedestrians stroll into the street just a few yards ahead…
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CBS News tests out Tesla's autopilot technology
""By marketing a system that does some but not all of the driving, Tesla could be setting itself up for liability first if the vehicle malfunctions, b…