Most vehicle collisions are not blameless though. They are caused by inattentive people; I've almost been hit multiple times by people either on their cell phone, or chatting with a passenger in their vehicle.
Other times drivers are purposely driving with a priority on agressivenss over safety.
If we ever get to a state of zero traffic fatalities then maybe blameless post-mortems would make sense. But there's too much blatantly bad behavior occuring.
It would be as if a pilot crashed buzzing the control tower. Clearly a human operator was being reckless and deserves punishment.
If you acknowledge that people are inherently inattentive or malicious then you can design a system that protects people even when someone is to blame.
Other times drivers are purposely driving with a priority on agressivenss over safety.
If we ever get to a state of zero traffic fatalities then maybe blameless post-mortems would make sense. But there's too much blatantly bad behavior occuring.
It would be as if a pilot crashed buzzing the control tower. Clearly a human operator was being reckless and deserves punishment.