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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by tboughen on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:06PM (#16621977)
I think you touched on the fundamental reason self driving cars cannot currently do this. It would mean programming self driving cars to, in some circumstances, break the law.

I agree with the thrust of your comment though, and think that a change in the law may be required to allign incentives for machines as well as people to drive humanely.

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by taneq on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:33PM (#16625547)
They already do that for speed limits - iirc Waymo cars will 'go with the flow' to a certain extent if everyone around them is speeding. Swerving out of your lane (assuming it is safe to do so) to avoid a collision seems pretty straightforward.
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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by Piskvorrr on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:14AM (#16627512)
Which eventually gets the vehicle into conflict: Exhibit A, amongs other things going over the speed limit, oops, now someone's dead.
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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by Piskvorrr on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:52AM (#16636465)
Hmm, interesting. Google Street View seems to have 45 mph speed limit at that location...https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4350531,-111.941492,3a,75y,3...
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