Part 2: Criminal liability for vehicle use Chapter 1: Legal position of the user-in-charge Section 47: User-in-charge not liable for manner of driving
This section introduces an immunity from offences arising from how a vehicle drives itself for the user-in-charge, or where the vehicle hands back control to the driver in a situation where careful and competent driving could not have avoided an offence being committed. In subsection (4), it also provides some examples to indicate which offences are and are not due to how the vehicle is driven.
	Where a vehicle has been authorised for use as self-driving, it has been deemed capable of safely and lawfully driving itself without the need for human monitoring of the road environment with a view to safety critical intervention. If the vehicle was authorised for use with a user in charge (who must be within the vehicle and in a position to control it, hold a valid driving license and remain in a fit state to drive), it is appropriate to ensure that the user in charge is not held responsible for the behaviour of the vehicle when it is driving itself – particularly as there are many strict liability offences relating to how the vehicle behaves on the road.