Title: Legal responsibility of driverless vehicle in China: in the oncoming era of artificial intelligence
Authors: Juanjuan Zhang
Addresses: Faculty of Law, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, China; Faculty of Law, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau
Abstract: The development of artificial intelligence (AI) of China is accelerating, but the legal environment of the driverless vehicle is on the backward. It has become an obstacle of the realisation of driverless vehicle from the 'laboratory' to the 'road'. Through answering the three propositions of philosophy: what is the driverless vehicle, where do they come from, and where shall they go; the paper refuted the view of entitling driverless vehicle the 'personality', and explained the reasons why to give the limited rights to it. Then, the paper analysed the responsibility principle and who would take the responsibility when motor vehicles caused accidents according to the existing Chinese legal system. As well, it evaluated whether the current law is still applicable to the driverless vehicle, based on which, to make some suggestions to hope to make the law keep up with the development of the science and technology.
Keywords: legal responsibility; driverless vehicle; China; artificial intelligence era.
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPL.2024.142826
International Journal of Technology Policy and Law, 2024 Vol.3 No.3, pp.189 - 205
Accepted: 02 Jun 2020
Published online: 28 Nov 2024 *