LIABILITY OF A MANUFACTURER OF FULLY AUTONOMOUS AND CONNECTED VEHICLES UNDER THE PRODUCT LIABILITY DIRECTIVE

Q4 Social Sciences
Taivo Liivak
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Abstract

Fully autonomous and connected vehicles are products combining hardware, software and services. The main advantage of such vehicles is arguably their safety owing to the elimination of human error. Thus, the expectations of the public regarding their safety are particularly high. This article seeks to establish whether Directive 85/374/EEC which governs manufacturers’ liability for damage caused by defective products is fit for the introduction of fully autonomous and connected vehicles. It presents the Directive’s prerequisites for manufacturer liability and examines legal gaps arising from the definition of ‘product’ in the light of the characteristics of fully autonomous and connected vehicles. The article also looks into the defectiveness considerations of such self-driving vehicles under the Directive, analyses the circle of persons who can be treated as manufacturers and the development risk defence which is often associated with the decision-making process of fully autonomous and connected vehicles.
根据产品责任指令,完全自动驾驶和联网汽车制造商的责任
完全自动驾驶和互联汽车是结合了硬件、软件和服务的产品。这种车辆的主要优点可以说是由于消除了人为错误而具有安全性。因此,公众对他们的安全期望特别高。本文旨在确定指令85/374/EEC是否适用于引入全自动驾驶和联网汽车,该指令规定了制造商对缺陷产品造成的损害的责任。它提出了该指令对制造商责任的先决条件,并根据全自动驾驶和联网汽车的特点,检查了“产品”定义所产生的法律空白。本文还研究了指令下此类自动驾驶汽车的缺陷考虑因素,分析了可被视为制造商的人员圈子以及通常与完全自动驾驶和互联汽车的决策过程相关的开发风险防御。
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