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Re:Will your driverless car kill you so others may live? by CM30 on Thursday December 10, 2015 @03:00AM (#10709462)
That's a decent solution for some roads, though it still doesn't solve the issue of how these cars will work in towns and other highly populated areas, where pedestrians and cyclists are everywhere and they can't reasonably be expected to only be on the pavement or only cross by pedestrian crossings.

It also doesn't really work outside the US, since a lot of places are quite fine with 'jaywalking'. For example, in the UK, you can cross the road just about anywhere. These autonomous vehicles will have to programmed with this in mind.

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Re:Will your driverless car kill you so others may live? by erdojo on Thursday December 10, 2015 @03:49AM (#10709639)
Or, like with other automated equipment, people learn to not do stupid behavior that will get them run over.

For example, we all just know not to step in front of a train. We have NO EXPECTATION it can stop. Do accidents happen? Yes, but only at the fault of the pedestrian (intentional or not).

If we all know that every car won't stop for us in between crosswalks, we may still jaywalk but we'll be danmed sure a self-driving car isn't coming. Right now a lot of people jaywalk and are overconfident if a car is coming it'll stop.

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Re:Will your driverless car kill you so others may live? by tedunangst on Thursday December 10, 2015 @04:15AM (#10709697)
Legislation shifting blame exclusively to the pedestrian outside the cross walk seems unlikely to pass.
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Re:Will your driverless car kill you so others may live? by jasonjei on Thursday December 10, 2015 @03:14AM (#10709514)
How about a lower speed limit where jaywalking is permitted or where the risk of pedestrians running into the road is high? For example, you could almost drive at 65mph with certainty on a freeway, but you might have to drive at 25mph to give you enough time to react to pedestrians?
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