One way to get self-driving cars on the road faster: let insurers control them

Data gathered by autonomous cars and shared with insurance companies could be used to keep the vehicles from taking undue risks.

The idea is to explore not just how cars could pass data between each other in order to drive more effectively, but also how that data could be used by third parties like municipal authorities and, crucially, insurers.

by Jamie Condliffe

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611003/one-way-to-get-self-driving-cars-on-the-road-faster-let-insurers-control-them/