[Moonman62]

I’m not a lawyer, but I’d go for liability based on negligence

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You can do that if you’re ever hit by an autonomous car, but I don’t think you’ll prevail if the you broke the law, but the autonomous car didn’t.

[xzins]

I think I’d have a really good shot at it.

If I run a red light and you are coming the opposite direction, do you brake? do you anticipate?

[garandgal]

You can do that if you’re ever hit by an autonomous car, but I don’t think you’ll prevail if the you broke the law, but the autonomous car didn’t.

There is what I would consider a precedent for this clearly "new" situation...and you are likely wrong.

I recall several cases where a sober driver ran a stoplight or pulled out into traffic & was hit/killed by an impaired driver. Same scenario for a sober pedestrian who was jaywalking. The impaired driver was convicted of vehicular homicide because he/she may have been normally able to process the situation more quickly & take evasive action but for the impairment.

Same rules apply...this vehicle has no ability to quickly process an unexpected situation & take evasive action. You lose.