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IMO, it's more likely that humans will be mostly priced out of driving, via insurance, once the data show that self-driving vehicles are safer. It still isn't settled exactly how insurance will work on a car without a steering wheel. Will the manufacturer insure its entire fleet or will the customer insure their personal vehicle? Or will there be something entirely new, like a government approved industry standard that shifts liability to the public?

Whatever happens, insurers will make it more and more expensive for a human to drive a car once it becomes clear that it's safer for a computer to do the driving.




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