Compensation of Damages Resulted From Driverless Cars in Iran Legal System with a Look at the Relevant American Legal Doctrines

Driverless cars have made the jump from fantasy to the physical realm and their use is increasing. In their most advanced form, a driving system is replaced with a human driver which takes controle of the vehicle when driving. Regardless of the conventional issues of civil liability, what draws attention in the first place is the mechanism of compensation for accidents caused by these driverless vehicles. Therefore, the main question that we seek to answer in this article is whether the compensation system for traffic accidents that currently prevails in Iran can be responsible for the widespread use of these vehicles assuming that liability of insurers as social cooperation one? Relying on the descriptive-analytical method of research and use of library resources, this article has reached the conclusion that the compensation system outlined in the Compulsory Insurance Law of 2016 which is based on social cooperation can handle this important issue, although it needs to be developed.