re: will car insurance be around in the next 10 years?

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I want to see a self-driving car back a boat down a launch..

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me too

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I wish insurance companies would die a painful death, though.

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Until you need them

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Even though they haven't been at fault, self-driving test cars are involved in crashes at five times the rate of conventional cars, a new study finds.

Even when the figures are adjusted to take into account that many accidents involving conventional cars go unreported, the study from the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute found that the rate is still twice as high.

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USA Today

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Last I remember reading maybe all but one were other drivers fault.

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seems silly to have a bunch of self driving cars on the roads without humans in them.

You know what I mean, you knucklehead.

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Yes, too damn much money in it to not be.

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Agree. It would likely go down in cost s little, but those that run around without insurance now, won't be buying driverless cars any time soon.

Also, hitting an animal, backed into in parking lots etc

Insurance companies will continue to adapt to technology.

Volvo recently announced that they will accept liability for their autonomous vehicles.

Even if liability was covered, you will still need comp coverage on your vehicle for glass or a tree falling on your car.

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Volvo recently announced that they will accept liability for their autonomous vehicles.

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Then Volvo will then be the one buying the policy from the carrier. There is no way even companies like Volvo could insure liability for all their vehicles. Insurance will always be there in one form or another.

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Then go without it, no one is forcing you to carry it.

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Because you purchase the car from them and you're ultimately responsible for the safe operation.

I'd be willing to bet that somewhere in the fine print they'll try to exclude themselves from any liability by saying the person sitting in the driver's seat, although they aren't driving, needs to remain alert and will be responsible for overriding the controls should an emergency prevent itself.

This will cost insurance companies $$$$$ to fight and prove it was the wrongdoing of their car not the human. If proven that the car F'd up or has a failure, then they may have some liability, just like they would if you can prove your brakes failed for no reason.

One thing is for sure, no manufacturers or companies anywhere are volunteering to take liability for anything. They're always trying to pass that to the consumer and/or the user. That's why you carry insurance.