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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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