This debate has come up a few times now and I doubt it reflects the reality of what responses to such situations can be practically expressed in code using toda

This debate has come up a few times now and I doubt it reflects the reality of what responses to such situations can be practically expressed in code using today's computers and languages anyway (in the absence of some AI that can make 'ethical' decisions). I suspect the best collision avoidance algorithm in such scenarios will simply be decelerate as quickly as possible whilst maintaining course. Then a 'best effort' at avoiding a collision can be seen to have been made, and perhaps the pedestrian will survive their injuries. This is what a human driver would have most likely done? What if the child/small adult (can the computer vision practically recognise the difference) is themselves quite 'evil' (again, another value judgement) and is running in front of robot cars in such situations on purpose?