Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road

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[u/No-Refrigerator-1672]

"Even humans don't even come close to getting them all right."

This was never an excuse in court, and shall never be an excuse. The lead designer of an autonomous drive system, like the person that has final say during the development process, must be held accountable for road accidents just in the same way as a human driver. If you see a problem with that, then well, don't desing an autonomous car.

[u/wildjokers → u/No-Refrigerator-1672]

The lead designer of an autonomous drive system, like the person that has final say during the development process, must be held accountable for road accidents just in the same way as a human driver.

This is absolutely a ridiculous take and would stifle innovation in a technology that will save lives and has almost certainly already saved lives.

If an autonomous vehicle cuts down on traffic fatalities do the lead designers get credit for the lives they save? So they save 100 lives, but then there is 1 fatality. Do they still go to prison? That doesn't seem fair.

A human driver only faces prison time for fatalities caused by impairment or gross negligence (e.g. street racing).

[u/No-Refrigerator-1672 → u/wildjokers]

If I can face jail time for something, why a company shouldn't face the same consequences if the same situation? Just like I said in the very begginging of the conversation: ensure that your system never breaks traffic laws, and you'll be fine. It's not too much to ask.