Autonomous vehicles: business, technology and law

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Challenges for and with Autonomous Vehicles: An Introduction -- 1 Categorizing Vehicles According to Their Level of Autonomy -- 2 Technology for Autonomous Vehicles -- 3 Some of the Technological Challenges for the Development of Autonomous Vehicles -- 4 Some of the Legal Roadblocks for the Deployment of Autonomous Vehicles -- 5 Business Challenges with the Deployment of Autonomous Vehicles -- 6 Autonomous Vehicles: Business, Technology and Law -- References -- Autonomous Vehicles on Public Roads -- Technology in the Driver's Seat: Legal Obstacles and Regulatory Gaps in Road Traffic Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Levels of Automation -- 3 Automated Vehicles and (International) Traffic Law -- 3.1 Automated Vehicles and the Notion of Driver -- 3.2 Automated Vehicles, (Traditional) Driver Duties and the Need for a New System of Sanctions -- 4 Concluding Remarks: Which Way Forward? -- References -- Testing Autonomous Vehicles on Public Roads: Facilitated by a Series of Alternative, Often Soft, Legal Instruments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regulating New Disruptive Technology -- 3 Policy Documents Providing General Information on Automated Vehicles: The United States -- 4 A Policy Document Providing Direct Advice For Public Road Testing: Australia -- 5 A Code of Practice Supporting Legislation: Austria -- 6 Public Road Testing in the Sandbox: Taiwan -- 7 Temporary Legislation Corrected by a Safety Assurance Framework: South Australia -- 8 Legislation Immediately Supplemented by Guidelines: State of Victoria (Australia) -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Autonomous Vehicles and Liability -- Different Liability Regimes for Autonomous Vehicles: One Preferable Above the Other? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Main Liability Schemes for Accidents by Autonomous Vehicles.