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Is the law ready for driverless cars?

Published: 24 April 2018 Publication History

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Yes, with one big exception.

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    cover image Communications of the ACM
    Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 5
    May 2018
    104 pages
    ISSN:0001-0782
    EISSN:1557-7317
    DOI:10.1145/3210350
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