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Vehicle liability: Autonomous vehicles and other liability issues affecting cyclists
Martin Porter QC considers all the hot issues involving cycling accidents ‘The technology is probably not there yet, but there are grounds for optimism that autonomous vehicles will in time become significantly safer than human-driven motor vehicles.’ On 18 March 2018 Elaine Herzberg was pushing her bicycle across a dual carriageway road in Arizona when …
Cases Referenced
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- A (A child) v Shurrock [2001] CL October Digest 386
- R v Allison [2017] unreported Central Criminal Court HHJ Joseph QC 18 September
- R v Hughes [2013] UKSC 56
- Reynolds v Strutt & Parker LLP [2011] EWHC 2263 (Ch)
- Sinclair v Joyner [2015] EWHC 1800 (QB)
- Smith v Finch [2009] EWHC 53 (QB)