Posted by BarnyardEngineering on January 18, 2018 at 05:17:12 from (173.186.244.244):
In Reply to: Autonomous cars posted by Eldon (WA) on January 17, 2018 at 10:36:12:
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I have a big problem with these "thought-exercise" situations. They are made-up scenarios that will never happen in real life.
These situations are presented as being in suburban neighborhoods or on city streets. While the basic scenarios are plausible, the "certain death" outcomes of the three choices is laughably unrealistic.
A car modern enough to have autonomous driving would also have airbags up the wazoo and the latest in accident survival design. An autonomous car would not be traveling any faster than the speed limit, which is 30MPH or less on city streets and in neighborhoods. If the car can't protect its occupants in a 30MPH collision with a tree or other solid barrier, it doesn't meet modern safety standards. If the car can't protect its occupants in a 30MPH collision with another car traveling in the opposite direction at 30MPH, it doesn't meet modern safety standards. This also does not factor in that the autonomous system would be applying FULL BRAKES so the actual collision speed would be much lower than 30MPH.
So in this situation any decision other than to run over the person or large dog that just stepped out directly in front of the car, would be the right decision. Nobody would die. There would only be collateral damage.
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