The UK government has proposed the introduction of the Self-Driving Car Act, and companies that have problems with autonomous driving should be sanctioned

According to foreign media reports, two government organizations said in a report released on January 26 that the UK should pass a law to regulate self-driving cars. If anything goes wrong after a business's self-driving vehicle takes over control from a human driver, the business should be sanctioned for that.

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The report, released by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Law Commission of Scotland, recommends the introduction of the Autonomous Vehicles Act and a clear distinction between "functions that only assist drivers (such as adaptive cruise control) and autonomous driving functions". At present, governments around the world are considering how to regulate self-driving car technology and how to divide responsibility for accidents. The UK government group said in the report that once the self-driving system is activated, the human driver sitting in the driver's seat will no longer be responsible for the driving of the car. If any problem arises, the authorized business or institution will face regulatory sanctions.

The UK government wants to lead the world in the rollout of self-driving technology, with the country's Ministry of Transport predicting that by 2035, around 40% of new cars in the UK will be self-driving, and the new technology will create as many as 38,000 new technical jobs.

Last year the UK government also announced that the country would be the first to regulate self-driving cars driving in the slow lanes of the road. However, insurers warn that unless automakers and regulators articulate the limitations of today's technology, the UK's self-driving goals could backfire. Matthew Avery, chief strategic research officer at British insurance group Beatcham Research, said: "The report presented today is important as it provides an important legal basis for self-driving cars in the UK and will clearly define the division of liabilities. ”

The UK government's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) asked committees in 2018 to review the legal framework for autonomous vehicles.