On: US probes Waymo robotaxis over school bus safety

[lawlessone]

>The first fines should be meaningless to the company.

Why?

[hyghjiyhu → lawlessone]

The goal should be to make them appropriately cautious. Not careless but also not paralyzed by fear. Escalating fines have the property that they are self-tuning. They basically say "go ahead and try it! But if there are issues you have to fix them promptly"

[platevoltage → lawlessone]

Fines are completely useless if they are small enough to be considered "the price of doing business".

[lawlessone → platevoltage]

I agree.

[Dylan16807 → lawlessone]

Because 100 million dollars isn't a reasonable fee for a traffic violation.