Re:Self-Driving Mercedes Will Sacrifice Pedestrians to Save ...
by segmondy on Sunday October 16, 2016 @10:47AM
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That will change soon enough. The probability of surviving in a car crash is higher than getting run over by a car. These cars have seat belts, airbags, solid frames.
It would be interesting to see what algorithm they use to determine who gets saved. A lawsuit will change that fast enough.
I can already see a case, The speed limit is 45mph, someone overrides the car and forces it to go faster 70mph, something happens and the car has to make a decision, do you save the driver or the pedestrian who has the right of way?
Let's say Mercedes says the pedestrian, well, these are kids going to school, would they still save the driver?
Perhaps they would program the car to save the pedestrian if kids, else the driver. Maybe they would take into account the socioeconomic state of the environment. I firmly believe that a law would be passed in the future, where the pedestrian would be saved, but then what happens if an idiot jumps into the street/highway, should you die or have the car run them over? As we can see this is not simple, I think places are going to have laws and rules on who gets saved and how. In California the driver gets saved, in NY the pedestrian. It's going to be a mess.
It would be interesting to see what algorithm they use to determine who gets saved. A lawsuit will change that fast enough.
I can already see a case, The speed limit is 45mph, someone overrides the car and forces it to go faster 70mph, something happens and the car has to make a decision, do you save the driver or the pedestrian who has the right of way?
Let's say Mercedes says the pedestrian, well, these are kids going to school, would they still save the driver?
Perhaps they would program the car to save the pedestrian if kids, else the driver. Maybe they would take into account the socioeconomic state of the environment. I firmly believe that a law would be passed in the future, where the pedestrian would be saved, but then what happens if an idiot jumps into the street/highway, should you die or have the car run them over? As we can see this is not simple, I think places are going to have laws and rules on who gets saved and how. In California the driver gets saved, in NY the pedestrian. It's going to be a mess.