""This is just one accident, and we will likely see more," said Bryant Walker Smith an assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina. "The world is a messy place and roads are messy places so this isn't the last accident we'll ever see with a self-driving vehicle."
Walker Smith specializes in studying the development of laws and regulations involving self-driving cars.
He understands why this accident will generate lots of headlines, but beyond that he says it doesn't tell us much.
Except for this: tech companies and automakers still have a lot to figure out.
"These technologies are not yet ready for a wide range of driving conditions," he said. "El Camino Real (where the accident happened) is a horrible, busy, suburban road and there was construction. This shows Google is still trying to figure out how to handle messy conditions like this.""
- Date Published:02/29/2016
- Original Publication:CNBC