because I see Human drivers blocking emergency vehicles all the time...
So the question is not, imo, if autonomous cars will be perfect, all the time. But if they are better than human drivers.
If a human kills someone accidentally they are almost certain to apologize and be obviously distraught. Cruise will deny everything, never apologize. While that is technically valueless by your metric, in the real world that has a lot of intangible value for those involved.
>human kills someone accidentally they are almost certain to apologize and be obviously distraught
you start out wanting to use reason, then quickly jump to an emotional argument. I really dont care if if they feel distraught or not, I really do not care if they apologize or not.
I care if they are likely to be a danger to others in the future, I care if there is a pattern of dangerous behavior, and I care that they (to the extent possible) make the victims hole.
None of which requires them to express remorse, or be "obviously distraught" nor should any that be different between human and automated drivers.
For example new laws in TN and TX will require someone that kills a person while driving drunk to pay child support if the victim has a child. That concept could also easily be adopted to automated driving.
We do not need special laws, special regulations, etc. Human drivers and automated drivers should be held to the same standard. the Same standard.
I think the cars should be ticketed, fined, even have a points system just like normal drivers.
I fail to see why that is not an option? I fail to see why we new all new regulation, all new laws when what we have can just be applied to them...