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Re:Mercedes-Benz says Level 3 self-driving option ready to roll by deaddodo on Friday May 06, 2022 @08:02PM (#31290854)
From a corporate perspective, of course it is. It's the Ford Pinto study all over again.

This is why corporate influence on legislation is bad, as their "best interests" often come at odds with morality-based ones.

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Re:Mercedes-Benz says Level 3 self-driving option ready to roll by hedora on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:47AM (#31292221)
Fight Club summarized the Pinto thing nicely:

https://www.quotes.net/mquote/31826

without providing the illusion that such cost benefit analyses are a thing of the past.

(Pintos had a problem with the gas tank, not the differential, but it's pretty clear what they were referring to.)

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