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Never is not answer when Law Commission asks whether driverless cars can nudge pedestrians

Rather amazingly, a legal peek into the future governance of autonomous vehicles has asked when it might be “required” for driverless cars to break the law – and the answer seems to be “plenty of times.” A joint consultation by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission has suggested creating a “digital Highway Code” that would allow carmakers to program AVs to exceed speed limits, drive up on to sidewalks and “edge through pedestrians.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2018/11/08/never-is-not-answer-when-law-commission-asks-whether-driverless-cars-can-nudge-pedestrians/#660d4fa965af

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