Comment by HDThoreaun

> Why would you assume they would do that?

Because they exist to make money?

> kills someone every once and a while

Every time an AV is liable for a death the company will face a high 8 digit legal settlement. Wont even go to trial. Again, the AV companies will avoid this because their goal is to make money and paying 8 digit legal settlements does not make them money. You are right that if this only happens once a year and they have a million cars it wont be a high priority, but if thats the case AVs are much safer than the current driving environment. If AVs caused death at anything close to current rates the companies would lose tons of money.

> assumes they are caught and ticketed 100% of the time.

No it doesnt. It assumes they are caught often enough for it to be worth it for them to fix. When politicians start telling traffic enforcement to focus on AVs Im betting that will happen. AVs will be known as incredibly conservative drivers because the companies really dont want tickets and there will be memes about how waymo drives like grandma.