Think your car insurance is too high? Self-driving cars could make you pay less
China’s Changan Automobile will provide insurance for owners of self-parking cars
Your car insurance exists to protect you from having to pay up after an accident. But what if one day human drivers are no longer behind the wheel -- would you need to worry about premiums at all?
The answer could come sooner than you think. It’s true that the driverless cars we’ve dreamed about for decades still have a long way to go. Yet today automakers have already incorporated at least some forms of autonomy into cars.
Take self-parking, for instance. The technology, adopted by the likes of BMW and Tesla, helps drivers breeze into parallel parking spots by taking over the steering wheel.
Despite the convenience, though, it seems like auto parking still isn’t widely used. One reason, according to China’s Changan Automobile, is because drivers don’t trust the computer enough to do the job for them. What happens if there’s a mishap? Am I responsible for what’s out of my control?
