About the red light, I’m not even sure if it’s necessary for anyone to pay. If you think about it, fines are there to discourage human drivers from breaking the rules. But in a robotic car, running a red light is due to faulty programming or bugs. Robotic cars will try not to run red lights even if there is no fine—they will not be allowed on the road unless they already obey the rules.
If some company happens to produce robotic cars that run red lights a lot, then of course it would be necessary to, for example, place a temporary ban on those car models until the software issues are resolved.
Of course, for cases where property damage is done or traffic is disrupted, then you could argue that the company that produced the car would have to be fined.
About the red light, I’m not even sure if it’s necessary for anyone to pay. If you think about it, fines are there to discourage human drivers from breaking the rules. But in a robotic car, running a red light is due to faulty programming or bugs. Robotic cars will try not to run red lights even if there is no fine—they will not be allowed on the road unless they already obey the rules.
If some company happens to produce robotic cars that run red lights a lot, then of course it would be necessary to, for example, place a temporary ban on those car models until the software issues are resolved.
Of course, for cases where property damage is done or traffic is disrupted, then you could argue that the company that produced the car would have to be fined.