Research On Tort Liability For Damage Caused By Self-driving Cars

With the support of supercomputing and network technology,self-driving cars are an important achievement of human science and technology development.While facilitating people’s daily travel,they also pose new challenges to traditional legal systems and legal practices.In the event of an accident that causes harm,how to divide the legal liability between the relevant parties is a major issue that the law must solve.Therefore,taking the overview of autonomous vehicles as the starting point,clarify its concepts and characteristics,understand the development status of autonomous vehicles at home and abroad,and find out the dilemma of existing infringement laws and regulations for handling accidents caused by autonomous vehicles by way of case review.Including the eligibility of the infringing subject,the division of liability principles,and the assumption of damages.Deeply analyzing the concept of autonomous vehicles,it is concluded that the car itself cannot become a legal subject,and the accident responsibility should be borne by the multiple subjects behind the vehicle.According to the application of the principle of liability for accidents caused by manual driving,the principle of liability for infringement accidents of self-driving cars is divided and categorized,and the control mode and control state of the vehicle at the time of the accident are set as key boundaries,and the responsibilities of all parties to the accident are reasonably judged.Investigate the practice of infringement legislation in countries such as the United States,Germany,Japan and other countries where such technologies have developed rapidly,and add other technical means to assist in the judgment of liability,strive to improve the accuracy of liability division,and provide enlightenment for my country’s future research on relevant laws and regulations.Combining with the actual situation of the development of autonomous vehicles in our country,we will discuss how to improve the legal system of infringements caused by autonomous vehicles from the aspects of the subject of responsibility,the principle of liability,and compensation for damages.In addition,it is also recommended to propose other auxiliary improvement measures such as adding a special access system and equipping with a driving data recorder to standardize the entry standards and driving standards of cars;adding a special insurance system to effectively reduce and diversify the risk of accidents,so that victims can Get timely assistance,and ultimately achieve the goal of balancing the interests of all parties.