Civil liability in software defects in self-driving cars and the ineffectiveness of existing rules, with a look at American law

Document Type : Research Paper

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Ph.d.

10.22034/law.2024.55488.3245

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Despite the existence of numerous economic sanctions, Iran is one of the countries with significant scientific growth, and in the coming years we have to wait for the introduction or construction of self-driving cars, but even now, semi-autonomous cars such as the Tiggo 8 are driving on the country's roads. Software plays a key role in self-driving vehicles. The traditional principles of responsibility will no longer respond to the new needs. In case of a defect in the software update, who is responsible, the software designer or developer? Are the existing laws effective in responding to cyber security? By carefully and carefully considering the existing laws, we will find that the traditional principles of responsibility still hold the software developer responsible, and the existing laws cannot provide an answer for cyber security because there is a law related to the privacy of car users or the responsibility of software developers. Software is not provided for in Iranian law, and for some of these questions neither the law nor judicial procedure has an answer.

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