What you are talking about is completely plausible with today's technology (thank you Uber for proving it). And I don't think that your comment is unfair by any

What you are talking about is completely plausible with today's technology (thank you Uber for proving it). And I don't think that your comment is unfair by any stretch... ...But there is still no reason why a self driving car cannot avoid everything once we have enough data. There are no surprises with self driving vehicles, for anything that could happen, we have access to that information long before it does happen (I believe waymo is touting 300 yards-ish => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8R148hFxPw&feature=youtu.be&t=1m28s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8R148hFxPw&feature=youtu.be...). A car doesn't need 300 yards time to stop. it needs less 200 ft (or 274 meters) at full speed. If you see someone that even could create an accident, you just slow down till its not possible to kill someone. (yes I know there are limitations to the current technology) So assuming that we have the sensor data (full coverage, at a distance, real time), and the models are capable of including these edge cases you referenced (e.g. people jumping out in the road). Why would we need to choose who to kill? Why would this decision be necessary?