Shift is brought to you by Continental.

As one of the world's leading mobility suppliers,

Continental is developing intelligent solutions to make driving safer,

more efficient, and more connected. your host and reporter to Automotive News. This fall Mercedes-Benz plans to launch

its Drive Pilot feature which the company says will be the first level 3

automated driving system on US roads. Drive pilot might allow motorists to take

their attention away from traffic and might even allow them to read a book and

it might invite a host of legal complications for car owners should they be involved in an incident while drive pilot is engaged.

There's a lot of uncertainty in how liability will be parsed out in crashes involving Drive Pilot and similar systems.

And it's not just at level 3 automation.

From driver assist systems and personally owned vehicles today

to self-driving vehicles with nobody behind the wheel, there are a lot of legal questions

that are unanswered about who or what is held responsible when things go wrong.

Decyfering the legal landscape was the subject of a panel discussion during Automotive News Congress last week in Detroit.

And for today's podcast, we're bringing that discussion to you.

Former shift podcast guests, Phil Coatman and Jennifer Dukarski are among the panelists.

They're joined by Martin Fisher, the CEDF board member, responsible for many aspects of the supplier's business, including AEDAS.

My colleague Jamie Butters moderates the session.

Without further ado, I'm pleased to share with you this discussion on who or what is liable or who or what

should be liable when things go wrong with automated vehicle tech.

So let's frame this through the different levels of automation. I'm hopeful that you all are

familiar. If not, we'll touch on that as need be. Level two, of course, the

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