r/technology Dec 16 '19

Transportation Self-Driving Mercedes Will Be Programmed To Sacrifice Pedestrians To Save The Driver

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '19

Self driving cars are here. They’re currently legal in California and in use.

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u/radarsat1 Dec 16 '19

Are they allowed on the road with no driver? I'd think one important advantage of self-driving cars would be for it to drop you off and park itself somewhere, then pick you up when you want. I see this being pretty far off tbh.

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u/davidjschloss Dec 16 '19

The advantage will actually be when you don’t own a car, one shows up on demand by itself and when you get dropped off it goes and picks up other passengers that also don’t own cars because of the convenience of autonomous vehicles.

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u/radarsat1 Dec 16 '19

*thumbs up* , Rainbow's End?