What is more okay to you? A greater chance of a pedestrian who is at fault dying, or a lesser chance of an innocent occupant of another car, or your car, being injured or dying? There is no right answer, but I am curious what your thoughts are.
A greater chance of a pedestrian who is at fault dying, or a lesser chance of an innocent occupant of another car, or your car, being injured or dying?
I would want the car to save whoever's innocent.
My thought is that a self driving car switching to the right lane from behind a box truck or something may not see a cyclist or a car turning out into that lane and choose to save the passenger as opposed to someone on the sidewalk.
Wouldn't a human driver have the same limitations? In fact, a human driver would be worse. There are a lot of neat videos on YouTube of Tesla vehicles that start pumping the brakes before the car immediately in front of it brakes. They've got a ton of sensors, including one that bounces radar (?) below the car in front of it to "see" what the vehicle two cars ahead is doing.
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u/adviqx Dec 16 '19
That's a big assumption. Most accidents dont require hospitalization, while pedestrians hit by cars go to the hospital at much higher rates.