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Is the law ready for driverless cars?

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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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