Comment on Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road

• h3rm17@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, for real, “Someone will 100%, do you want it to be your friends/family/people you know or some absolute random stranger?” Some lemmitors would surely answer “My people, for sure”

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• blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The human does it out of self preservation, but the car doesn’t need to feel too preserve itself.

  By getting the in the car, the passengers should be aware of the risks and that if there is an accident, the car will protect pedestrians over the occupants. The pedestrians had no choice but the passengers have a choice of not getting in the vehicle.

  I feel like car manufacturers are going to favour protecting the passengers as a safety feature, and then governments will eventually legislate it to go the other way after a series of high profile deaths of child pedestrians.

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  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re probably over-estimating the likelyhood of a scenario where a self driving car needs to make a such decision. Also take into account that if a self driving car is a significantly better driver than a human then it’s by definition going to be much safer for pedestrians aswell even if it’s programmed to prioritize the passengers.

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  • Amir@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On the flip side, if you know a car will kill a passenger to save an outsider, it becomes very easy to “accidentally” murder a passenger and get away with it…

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• Hacksaw@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nah, I think most people would crash into a tree rather than clear a sidewalk. Cars are designed to protect you in a crash. Pedestrians don’t have seatbelts, crash zones, and airbags.

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  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think you’re way over estimating driver reflexes and reaction capabilities. I don’t think most accidents give a good long time to consider the next step.

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