"He Said, It Said." - Litigating The Semi-Autonomous Road Ahead

First published in the Association of Corporate Counsel South Florida FOCUS

When the U.S. Transportation Secretary unveiled President Obama's plan to provide a 10-year, $4 billion investment in autonomous vehicle development earlier this year, America signaled its faith in technology to save us from ourselves.

Even with all of the incredible advancements in vehicle safety, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported 32,675 people died in automobile accidents in the U.S. in 2014 and a staggering 2.34 million more suffered injuries. Further, a NHTSA survey conducted from 2005 to 2007 and presented to Congress in 2008 concluded that driver error was the critical reason for 94% of all crashes involving light vehicles. That means that on average a person dies in a car crash in America about every 16 minutes and more than four people are injured in accidents every minute of every day; and, to be frank, the finger of blame can almost always be