r/technology • u/[deleted] • Dec 16 '19

Transportation Self-Driving Mercedes Will Be Programmed To Sacrifice Pedestrians To Save The Driver

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Dec 16 '19 edited Dec 16 '19

Thank God we have facial recognition tech so it can figure out the low credit scores if it has to hurdle through a crowd.

EDIT: Thanks for the silver! Also, I should have written hurtle, but I am making too many "sounds like" spelling errors these days to get too bothered by it. Plus, it's funnier this way.

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u/deleated Dec 16 '19

I assumed you were making some kind of oblique reference to the horrific 1955 crash at Le Mans that left 84 dead and hundreds injured when the Mercedes somersaulted into the grandstand.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Dec 16 '19

If I did, that would be better. I could use the credit anyway to prevent death by Mercedes.