Maybe not on first offense, but after a demonstrated repeated pattern of interfering with emergency vehicles, sure, why not?

Perhaps because in the absence of the kind of alternative route to getting to work that autonomous cars offer, no one in (the US at least) is going to levy an economic death sentence for something that serious?

I'm so tired of this tail-wagging-the-dog excuse. It's so hard to operate in (parts of) our society without a car that we can't meaningfully hold drivers responsible for their bad behavior, or keep people who show a repeated disregard for their responsibility in operating dangerous machinery off the road?

I’m not the commenter above but, something must be done about serial lawbreaking drivers. I see maybe 100 cars per day run stop signs, red lights, speeding excessively, and other dangerous driving actions with no consequences.

There needs to be some enforcement and yes I would suggest suspension if it is found that the behavior is habitual for a driver.

How many of these are police officers (in non-emergency situations)

A) yes B) its a false dichotomy to apply the standards to humans, which perceive, learn, and think, as we do to a software product

Why is it a false dichotomy to hold software products to the same standard humans are held to? That seems less like a dichotomy of any kind and more like a consistent policy.

software does all of the above

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Humans can also be punished and sent to jail.

We generally do not send people to jail for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. We do ticket and fine them, which you can also do to automated vehicles.

One of the scenarios in the article was the responder trying to wave the car back while the car was very insistent that it really needed to run over these fire hoses right now.

A motorist wouldn't just be suspended, they would go to jail and have their car impounded. Actually, maybe it should be tow operators and not first responders with surprise driver privileges. We'll have 100% compliance real quick if those are the guys watching out.

If the law states they should do so then, yes ?