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The answer is simple, find a way to do a quick credit check on the possible targets, which ever one has less ability to sue, run them over!

sosuke 10y ago
Reminds me of some article I read where drivers in China would go for a "kill" hit. "Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit." http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2015/09/why_drivers_in_china_intentionally_kill_the_pedestrians_they_hit_china_s.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2... Ugh, I started skimming the article again and I can't read it. Just gruesome.
- mc32 10y ago
  The perverse incentive was, if I recall correctly, if you maim someone you're responsible for their wellbeing for life. If they are killed, it's a manageable lump sum.
- foolinaround 10y ago
  Oh wow... In India, if one has hit a pedestrian, the advice has been to never stop -- you will get beaten up just as worse... just get away from the scene if you can.
- Raphmedia 10y ago
  "Judges, police, and media often seem to accept rather unbelievable claims that the drivers hit the victims multiple times accidentally, or that the drivers confused the victims with inanimate objects."
- Joeboy 10y ago
  When this article came up before I ended up being persuaded that it was probably mostly bullshit.
- joesmo 10y ago
  In light of this, I think the whole point of the article is maximized. A couple of extremely rare fatalities every few years (hell, even every MONTH) are nothing compared to the carnage and hell we would be avoiding by removing humans as drivers. Until you can make a case that those two types of carnage are even comparable in numbers (which is unlikely), talking about trolleys and who to hit in case of an accident should indeed be reserved for freshman year ethics classes. Note, it's not even an interesting enough ethical problem to make it past Ethics 101 (sort of like, "Will you steal medicine to cure your dying family member?").
zitterbewegung 10y ago
What if the car would pick the outcome that would cost the least based on predicted insurance claims?
- qbrass 10y ago
  It would pick the outcome that would cost the least based on the lawsuit the car company would get.

sosuke 10y ago

Reminds me of some article I read where drivers in China would go for a "kill" hit. "Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit." http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2015/09/why_drivers_in_china_intentionally_kill_the_pedestrians_they_hit_china_s.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2... Ugh, I started skimming the article again and I can't read it. Just gruesome.

mc32 10y ago
The perverse incentive was, if I recall correctly, if you maim someone you're responsible for their wellbeing for life. If they are killed, it's a manageable lump sum.
foolinaround 10y ago
Oh wow... In India, if one has hit a pedestrian, the advice has been to never stop -- you will get beaten up just as worse... just get away from the scene if you can.
Raphmedia 10y ago
"Judges, police, and media often seem to accept rather unbelievable claims that the drivers hit the victims multiple times accidentally, or that the drivers confused the victims with inanimate objects."
Joeboy 10y ago
When this article came up before I ended up being persuaded that it was probably mostly bullshit.
joesmo 10y ago
In light of this, I think the whole point of the article is maximized. A couple of extremely rare fatalities every few years (hell, even every MONTH) are nothing compared to the carnage and hell we would be avoiding by removing humans as drivers. Until you can make a case that those two types of carnage are even comparable in numbers (which is unlikely), talking about trolleys and who to hit in case of an accident should indeed be reserved for freshman year ethics classes. Note, it's not even an interesting enough ethical problem to make it past Ethics 101 (sort of like, "Will you steal medicine to cure your dying family member?").

zitterbewegung 10y ago

What if the car would pick the outcome that would cost the least based on predicted insurance claims?

qbrass 10y ago
It would pick the outcome that would cost the least based on the lawsuit the car company would get.