I agree that regular, run-of-the-mill tickets wouldn’t motivate driverless car companies. But I disagree that there shouldn’t be any penalty for a company whose

I agree that regular, run-of-the-mill tickets wouldn’t motivate driverless car companies. But I disagree that there shouldn’t be any penalty for a company whose fleet does not exceed some threshold of red-light-running, for example. If a vehicle unjustifiably runs a red light, there should be a penalty, regardless of how it’s being driven. The penalties could differ for driverless car companies, to make sure they’re big enough to meaningfully motivate these companies. Otherwise it feels patently unfair to human drivers, who can’t say “well, my family hasn’t broken many traffic laws recently, so I shouldn’t have to pay a ticket for just running this one red light/almost hitting this one pedestrian.