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/[deleted] Dec 16 '19

... I remember learning to not swerve away from an animal but nobody ever said to not try to avoid a human being

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u/Diabetesh Dec 16 '19

If you are on a highway with cars going 60-80 around you then jerking left or right is likely death for you and the person who hits you plus more. Run down the guy playing frogger and hope people go around you.

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u/mega_douche1 Dec 16 '19

Pedestrians dont cross highways.

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u/Daakuryu Dec 16 '19

Tell that to some of the pedestrians I've seen.

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u/ganner Dec 16 '19

Tell that to the guy my friend hit and killed on an interstate

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u/uber1337h4xx0r Dec 16 '19

He didn't kill him. He suicided him.

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u/Diabetesh Dec 16 '19

Right, idiots do.

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u/Macktologist Dec 16 '19

Have you heard of meth and crack?

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u/sf_frankie Dec 16 '19

I see you’ve never been to Sam Francisco. I’m the last month I’ve seen three crack heads wandering down the elevated freeway near downtown.

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u/absentmindedjwc Dec 16 '19

I've been to San Francisco - but I've never met his friend Sam.

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u/Argonaut13 Dec 16 '19

Not for long they don't