Acknowledgements

• Author: Nathan Baker/Jaye Hooper
• Pages: 13-14

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the immediate closing of in-

person court appearances left me with less work in the traditional sense,

but also left me with a wife working on the frontlines in healthcare and

two young boys learning from home.I started the book because I wanted

a distraction during the hard times.The encouragement from my wife,

Amy, and understanding from my two boys, Josh and Oli, gave me the for-

titude to accomplish something extra during the lockdowns and helped

me keep my sanity.I want to thank Jaye Hooper for her amazing contri-

butions, especially her chapter on civil liability issues. Jaye’s contributions

were invaluable in keeping me thinking past my comfort zone of criminal

law.Iwant to thank all my editors, especially my mother Connie and

the various proofreaders at Irwin Law who had to go through things so

often. Iam a terrible editor, and your hard work is especially important at

bringing my thoughts together in a cogent form.The technology involved

in autonomous vehicles is still developing and the law will develop with

it.The joy of the common-law is its ability to evolve with the changing

times. Autonomous vehicles will be a real test as they continue to progress.

Nathan Baker

August 2021