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>You gonna fine the person that runs out of gas, causes an accident or just mechanically breaks down? I'm much more interested in fining the crap out of the pe

• vuln 4y ago
  Who is the judge of the “excuse”? What you’re talking about is a two tiered justice system. Just because xyz conglomerate causes an issues “zomg fine them1!1!1!1” but when it’s someone that runs out of gas or mechanically breaks down “well they’re poor so it can slide”. This doesn’t work. You’ll waste more money prosecuting and collecting the fines from xyz conglomerate. If the poor person gets the fine too then it puts them in an even worse position. How do we know the poor person didn’t run out of gas intentionally hoping some Good Samaritan offers a couple gallons or road side assistance helps with a couple gallons paid for by tax payers.
  • woodruffw 4y ago
    You're making this more complex than it actually is: the scenario in question is a self-driving car that's already known to the local government and is explicitly being used for testing/research purposes. It's difficult to imagine an innocent or unlucky citizen who would be ensnared in a fine structure designed to disincentivize traffic problems caused by experimental self-driving cars.