[ExI] The Future of Car Insurance

[Dan]

I believe it'll take a while to change things. I think there will still be mandatory insurance requirements even on autonomous vehicles -- maybe more so as they're new.* (And probably sensible people would get insurance even if it weren't mandatory.) I wonder if what's happened with other attempts at social engineering automobiles won't happen here too. I mean increasing safety technology tends to make drivers take more risks. Granted, autonomous vehicles aren't drivers, but if there's a certain level of tolerance for risk by the ultimate decision-maker -- i.e., the person sending the vehicle on its errands -- and that remains constant, then a safer overall vehicle will probably mean that decision-maker eventually starts pushing toward the limits, no?


Regards,

Dan
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* Or maybe discounts if governments want to push the technology, for good or ill.