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▲ jayd16 3 hours ago

They're talking about verification. Was there a collision or not compared to is this story good.

▲ShinyLeftPad 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I can think of scenarios that avoid collision in probably 95% of the cases while being bad choices

- Driving through an empty prairie

- Driving slowly through a crowded square, giving people enough time to jump out of the way

▲MisterKent an hour ago | parent [-]

There's less gray area with driving wss the point. Legal or illegal, efficient or inefficient. And whatever gray area remains is generally "good enough" compared to human drivers on the road.

▲ShinyLeftPad an hour ago | parent [-]

It's easy evaluate if there's no victims. Stats say there's more than 6000 injuries per day and more than 16000 deaths per year on the road.

If you choose between hitting a pedestrian and swerving potentially injuring the driver and totaling the car, what would you like the car to pick? Or any given trolley problem variation, etc