# Ramifications of Self-Driving Cars?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramifications-of-self-driving-cars/753350>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 28, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramifications-of-self-driving-cars/753350 "2016-04-28T17:19:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramifications-of-self-driving-cars/753350/261 "2016-07-02T01:47:52Z")

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> [@Mijin](#):
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> However the AI could be at least partially at fault if it had sat in the truck’s blind spot for some time.  
> I don’t linger long in a position where I can’t be seen by the driver, and I hope, and assume, the AI includes some awareness of that.

The truck made a left turn across the lanes the tesla was travelling in, not a lane change.

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