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Comment on Waymo Forced to Halt Overnight Operations As Punishment for Causing Nonstop Ruckus

The punishment (or the threat of punishment) is supposed to be part of either motivation to not drive into pedestrians.

If the decision makers behind the fully automatic vehicles don’t fear that punishment, the concern is that they’ll make choices that are motivated more by profits and efficiencies and less by safe driving and preventing harms.

And given the abuses of profit seeking executives we have seen in the past, it is a valid concern.

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uncouple9831@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Punishment as a deterrent? Lol what human race are you thinking of.

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- IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Ah yes, people slow down near cops for the love of the game, not because they’re afraid of a ticket or jail time.
  
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- kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Fear of punishment.
  
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  - uncouple9831@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    So it’s just the fear of vengeance that stops you from robbing, raping, and murdering?
    
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    kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Of course not. Most people are motivated to doing the right thing simplybecauseitbis the right thing to do.
    
    But some people seem to need the threat of personal consequences to keep them from being selfish assholes. And it often appears that those are the same type of people who manage to get themselves into decision making positions in the business world.
    
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