Reply to post: Re: Okay...

Two driverless cars stuffed with passengers are ABOUT TO CRASH - who should take the hit?

Richard 12 Silver badge

Re: Okay...

Either way a collision at the 7m stopping distance speed is survivable by both sets of occupants.

However, the ethicists are simply utterly wrong here.

The only "ethical" solution is to avoid the situation in the first place.

The single track road is on the map, thus a collision is only possible if the cars do not communicate, yet the ethical dilemma only exists if the cars do communicate.

Therefore the situation is "bloody stupid" and has no need of an answer, simply engineer to ensure it cannot occur.

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