Research On Tort Liability Of Driverless Cars

Artificial intelligence technology is the frontier of high-tech research in the 21 st century.At present,the self-driving car industry based on artificial intelligence technology is vigorous and shows broad prospects.The generation and application of driverless cars can bring many transportation conveniences,such as automatic map navigation and route planning to avoid road congestion,and automatic control and driving functions can prevent people from fatigue driving and drinking.However,the development of science and technology is a double-edged sword.The promotion and popularization of driverless cars will inevitably lead to some legal issues,such as how to determine liability in the event of a road traffic accident,the qualification of vehicles on the road,and personal privacy and safety issues.Among them,the identification of road traffic responsibility for driverless cars is the most important and most urgent issue.This article is divided into five parts in content.The first part mainly includes the concepts and classifications of artificial intelligence and driverless cars,the development and legislation status of driverless cars at home and abroad,and the problems caused by the development of driverless cars.Through this part,we can have a clear understanding of the history and development status of artificial intelligence and driverless cars.The second part is mainly about the legal subject qualification of Autonomous Vehicle.The design structure and principle of symbolic artificial intelligence and connectionist artificial intelligence are introduced,as well as the reasons why they cannot be used as natural persons and can only be used as objective tools.Therefore,it is concluded that the self-driving car based on artificial intelligence system does not have the qualification of civil subject.The third part is the division of Liability for Autonomous Vehicle Infringement Accidents.It mainly discusses the issue of liability distribution from two parts:external traffic accident tort liability and internal product liability.External tort liability mainly involves the division of responsibilities between driverless cars anddriverless cars,between driverless cars and traditional motor vehicles,and between driverless cars and pedestrians.Product liability of driverless cars is mainly discussed from three aspects: product designers,product producers,and product sellers.It also explores the highly dangerous liability and insurance liability of driverless cars.The fourth part includes the determination of the causality of infringement and the distribution of the burden of proof.The first aspect solves the problem of determining causality due to the peculiarity of driverlessness.The second aspect solves the problem of proof of external traffic accidents and proof of internal product infringement.The fifth part puts forward legislative suggestions from the aspects of self-driving car qualification admission,compulsory insurance,information security and supervision and monitoring.