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Old 13-02-2017, 03:04 AM   #61
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Default Re: Have Useless "Safety" Features gone too far?

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Originally Posted by TheGreenKugaaah View Post
Reminds me of the dilemma currently facing autonomous vehicles.

The car is driving towards a crowd of people on the road and there is not enough time to stop. Does it A - save the crowd by swerving and crashing at the expense of the driver? B - plough through the crowd knowing the driver will be safe?

In my opinion the focus should be on better educating drivers, better quality driving tests and implementing re-testing every time you renew your licence.
Or C, detect that there is a crowd earlier and apply the brakes earlier avoiding plowing into the crowd or steering the driver into a wall? How often does a crowd just appear out of thin air anyway?

However, if it's a crowd of cyclists in the middle of the road around a blind corner... well it's obvious to me what the car should do
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