Will autonomous cars hit-and-run away like human drivers?

Humans do err but the million-dollar question is do self-driving cars with all their sophisticated software control also make for blunders or not! Will they also join the culprit bandwagon in the road rage incidents? At present, the success of self-driving cars relies more on realistic mapping systems through GPS. However, there are security concerns about self-driving cars too as GPS devices are known to be not precise always. It’s a debatable matter of concern as to how the self-driving cars could ride their way through roadblocks or specific local driving laws that come with incompatible local and state rules.         ( World’s first self-driving Taxis at Singapore - source: Fortune.com ) According to Teletrac, the ability to drive an autonomous car also requires education on the driver’s part on how to drive the car safely despite the vehicle being operated by a computer. If a technology like GPS or traffic signals that the car relies on fails, the cars cannot interpret human signals and this may lead to any kind of a severe road accident.     ( Cab/Taxi supremo UBER autonomous vehicle with a human driver for precaution - source: robota.lu ) The cars were not able to operate at a high-level safety for all weather conditions, especially when heavy rains can seriously mar the laser sensors set up on the car roofs thus putting the role of the driver in jeopardy during an event of technology failures/glitches rendering the drivers helpless in the event of a calamity.   ( Anthony Levandowski speaks during the pilot model launch of the #SelfDrivingUber car in September 2016 - source: AFP/GETTY IMAGES ) The top player in cab booking services, Uber launched Self-Driving Uber taxis competing with other players in this domain like Google, Waymo, Nutonomy, etc. In one of the incidents, Uber made a settlement with one of its victims who was killed by its autonomous taxi despite being manned by a human driver from inside.                   ( Uber acquisition of OTTO’s self-driving trucks - source: Wired.com ) Uber’s acquisition of self-driving trucks from OTTO is another step forward in the self-driving transport revolution adding further menace to the already existing assassinating woes of self-driving cars.