Odpowiedzialność karna operatora testowanego pojazdu autonomicznego za spowodowanie wypadku drogowego
The liability of the tested autonomous vehicle operator for causing a road accident

Summary/Abstract: The issues of the liability for causing an accident by the operator of a tested autonomous vehicle are discussed. The author analyzes the provisions of Section 6 of the Act on Road Traffic (The use of roads for the purpose of research work on autonomous vehicles), which include regulations allowing testing autonomous vehicles on public roads. A definition of the operator of such a vehicle is proposed together with his/her responsibilities. Also, the term “research work” used in the Act is clarified. Moreover, the issue of specifying the charge laid in the case of the necessity to bring a charge against an autonomous vehicle operator in the course of criminal proceedings is considered. In the preparation of the paper research methods including the analysis of the normative text, the analysis of the views of doctrine and judicial decisions as well as the analysis of an individual case were employed. The paper is of significance for organs conducting or supervising criminal proceedings – at both pre-trail and trial stages – because it concerns the issues which in the Act on road traffic have not been so far defined or elucidated.

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