Liability of insurers etc where accident caused by automated vehicle

Part of Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:45 pm on 2 November 2017.

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Photo of John Hayes John Hayes Minister of State (Department for Transport) 12:45, 2 November 2017

Let me be clear about that. We will not have time to complete our consideration of this group of amendments, so I feel that intervening might be helpful. What I said was that I drew that conclusion from the evidence that we received. The insurance industry and other witnesses said that they thought that the vehicles would be safer, and that insurance premiums might decrease over time; they said so because they believe that autonomy will make vehicles safer. It is implicit that they gauge the autonomous driving mode to be safer.