Self-driving cars: are they lawful?

And might they be arrested for causing a fatal accident?

When I rented a car nearly three years ago, it came equipped with an Israeli safety system that scanned the road ahead. If the built-in camera noticed that I was changing lanes without indicating, it would bleep gently. If it thought I was too close to the car in front, it would sound a more intense warning. Its loudest siren would go off when it believ…