DutchNews, November 23, 2015
The arrival of self-driving cars means
everyone will have to have all risk insurance, according to the Dutch insurers
association VVV.
Both drivers and technology will be responsible for ensuring
safe driving, giving rise to complex claims and responsibilities, the
organisation says.
Currently, drivers who are deemed to be responsible for
traffic accidents have to pay the victims but this will become more complicated
when software and technology has a role, said VVV spokesman Rudi Buis.
‘Determining who is responsible will take time and will be longer before
payouts are made,’ he told BNR radio.
Bastiaan Krosse, who heads the automated
driving programme at research institute TNO said decisions out insurance need
to be taken now, before the self-driving car becomes a reality.
‘If nothing has
been sorted out and there is continued uncertainty over responsibility, then
there is a major problem,’ he said.
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