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In their Automated Vehicles: Consultation Paper 3 report, the Law Commission says drivers may not be liable under some circumstances. They say if a vehicle is classified as self-driving and the Automated Driving Software is correctly engaged, a driver becomes a “user-in-charge” and is not responsible for criminal damages. Two-thirds of those consulted agreed with the proposals given the human “no longer has any control” over how the car is driven. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) and car safety experts Thatcham Research have strongly argued ALKS should not be listed. Insuranc...

Government agencies make more money from our gas taxes than opec does. >> well, this is one of those issues where i look forward to agreeing with dagen every time we discuss it, because not only do we pay gas taxes, and not only is it a user's fee, but it's a successful user's fee. the federal gas tax is what has funded so much road construction over many decades. and as dagen points out, not only is it low for us, but it's low in comparison -- our gas prices are incredibly low in comparison to the rest of the developed world. >> hold on one second. you do understand that as you extol the virt...