Why Europe does not need revolutionary rules for automated vehicles

This paper argues that the current liability regimes for damage caused by conventional vehicles continue to apply to damages caused by automated vehicles, and therefore there is no need for a new legal regime, contrary to the claims of other authors. Theories that seek to hold manufacturers and programmers liable for that damage, are also rejected, as is the debate on the morality of automated vehicles, as the author argues that the operator of the automated vehicle remains liable as a conventional driver, even if he does not drive in a conventional sense.