Proposed changes to motor accident insurance schemes to cost taxpayers
The National Transport Commission (NTC) has suggested extending the state-backed motor accident injury insurance (MAII) schemes to driverless cars to ensure that people injured in autonomous cars are not left in limbo – a proposal opposed by the Insurance Commission of WA (ICWA). Under the NTC’s plan, state governments would provide compensation to passengers of autonomous cars injured in crashes and seek to recover those costs from the manufacturers of the vehicles.