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Stray Electron:

--- Quote from: sleemanj on June 11, 2022, 05:02:15 am ---
--- Quote from: jpanhalt on June 10, 2022, 08:16:12 pm ---https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/geico-std-lawsuit-settlement-car

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For people who didn't want to enable ads, woman has sex in the back of a car with some dude, catches an STD, files a claim with the company that insured the car, they refused the claim, and it went to an arbitration, where the woman was awarded 5.2 million dollars.

America is weird.

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   That's only half of the story. The insurance company is the one that forced this to go to binding arbitration. Then when the arbitrator ruled against them, the insurance company took it to court and tried to get have the arbitrator's ruling overturned. The court rightfully ruled against the insurance company and pointed out that they were the ones that required the binding arbitration and they were the ones that choose the arbitrator. 

   Now, as usual, the idiot news media is completely distorting the facts and is proclaiming that the woman WON in court and implying that she won the original ruling in court. She didn't. She only "won" the appeal that was filed by the insurance company.

  As ridiculous as this case seems at first glance, I can understand the arbitrator's ruling.  Basically the facts are that the woman was knowingly infected with a STD by the insured in his car thus she was "injured" in his car. I'm surprised that the insurance policy didn't include some sort of exclusion for events such as this but it it didn't then the insurance company is liable according to the arbitrator.

james_s:

--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on June 11, 2022, 04:39:47 am ---
--- Quote from: jpanhalt on June 10, 2022, 08:16:12 pm ---News from Missouri.  Will driverless taxis be liable for any STD one might contract while a passenger? 
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/geico-std-lawsuit-settlement-car
OMG   :palm:

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What is wrong with people. Having consensual sex is your own responsibility. Contracting a disease from it is then a risk you can't blame on an insurance company.

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A reasonable person would think so, however there exist a significant portion of the population for whom everything is someone else's fault, they expect somebody to look out for them and shield them from every conceivable danger. It's the reason there are so many stupid warning labels on everything.

magic:
Idiots exist everywhere, but unique to the West are omnipresent greedy lawyers and their ability to win stupid lawsuits on the basis that allegedly everybody is equal and has a right to live despite any empirically evident lack of fitness.

rdsi:
The legalities will get worked out and I’m sure the benefits will outway the current situation – people at the wheel.  Come’on, computers don’t get distracted, drink, get tired, talk on the phone or text.

I’m ready for the technology! Now I can do something constructive instead of driving.  Once the technology is fully adopted we probably won’t need traffic signs (stop signs) so we’ll save on energy & get to our destination faster.

So the Company starting service in SF is Waymo & they have already been operating in Phoenix & Chandler AZ. Just hail a car on your phone (Waymo One) & a fully autonomous car shows up – no driver.

After watching a YouTube I surprised how quick & articulate it was.



Can’t wait.

sleemanj:
Heh, that video is from Dec 2020, but I note the route the vehicle took was...



all right-hand turns :-)


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