This story is getting out of hands for Volvo and I think it'll make them reevaluate, that having a surcharge for pedestrian detection is detrimental to their brand known for Safety.

But for context, headline is a little misleading as this is not a self-driving situation, rather an individual accelerating to test a collision avoidance feature i.e. "pedestrian detection and auto-braking" Unfortunately, that feature costs extra.

And again, don't be stupid and try this out in real-life even if you have such features enabled. With more 'auto-pilots' and 'AI-self-driving' vehicles coming in the future, I think we'll see more demo stunts like this, with very unhappy stories emerging from them.

Random - dutch tank brake test on recruits, works out ok, this time https://i.imgur.com/sPJPcIc.gif