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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by taneq on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:09AM (#11571496)
A robot trucker will never do (B). The car put itself there and can presumably get itself out again. More importantly, swerving will lead your truck to jackknife and roll in unpredictable ways and cause who knows how much extra damage.

As I've said before about smaller autonomous vehicles, they'll be programmed to always choose the option which is most defensible in court. I will be amazed if we ever see an autonomous vehicle on public roads which does something more complicated than "come to a complete halt as fast as possible while steering for the clearest area of asphalt."

Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by peterwwillis on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:08PM (#11577113)
There are situations where the safest course of action is to accelerate, or maintain speed, while maneuvering. I'm sure we'll get there if the trend of automating individual driving tactics continues.
Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by taneq on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:19PM (#11577162)
"And then, your honour, the truck accelerated and struck a busload of orphans!"

"Case closed."

(I agree but humans are dumb and companies have to cover their asses.)