Sorry but that's just wrong behaviour IMO. If you're about to hit a pedestrian and your only option is to swerve, then you swerve. What could you possibly see

Sorry but that's just wrong behaviour IMO. If you're about to hit a pedestrian and your only option is to swerve, then you swerve. What could you possibly see in the rear view mirror that would change your reaction from "I'm gonna try to swerve around that pedestrian" to "I'm gonna run that pedestrian over"? Another car? Then you're going to take your chance and will turn in front of that car! The chance that people will survive the resulting crash are way higher than the survival rate of a pedestrian being hit at highway speeds.