Re:Tesla must pay $329M in damages in fatal Autopilot case, ...
by gamblor956 on Saturday August 02, 2025 @12:50PM
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The government does not receive any portion of this damage award. There is no incentive for them here.
There are ways to mitigate this, such as forcing the government to use these revenues in a way that is relevant to the issue at hand, i.e. creating safety jobs, strengthening control authorities, or something else.
You could also say that the amount is insignificant, but that could of course change with every lawsuit, and it of course accumulates. Or one could speculate that the interests are not really monetarily aligned at all (e.g. prisons), or that the judicial system is independent enough to stop propagation of these incentives. I think it is still needed to consider and try to controlledly align these motives between the relevant actors.