Self-Driving Cars May Be Programmed to Sacrifice Cyclists in a Crash

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2018/10/28/driverless-cars...

Driverless cars could be programmed to kill cyclists rather than injuring the vehicle's occupants due to its moral decision making process. 

"Consider an autonomous car that is deciding where to position itself in a lane closer to oncoming traffic, or a bicycle lane on its right. Ethical judgments will have to be programmed into these cars."

Another difficult dilemma to face in the near future.

Illinois is  beginning to prepare for the self-driving future. 

https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/10/29/18038208/illinois-autonomous-...

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on October 31, 2018 at 1:58pm

Once widely adopted, the AI autonomous drivers will be in continuous communication with each other, so that ideally, in an emergency situation, the vehicles (and maybe even your bike) will take complementary evasive maneuvers, turning a potential disaster into a spine tingling, thrilling adventure, much more entertaining than any amusement park ride, with the added benefit of seeing your entire life history flash before your eyes in an instant. Far more effective wake me up than anything you could buy at Starbucks.

Permalink Reply by Jim Reho on October 30, 2018 at 3:31pm

I'd take a car with a brain made out of a Commodore 64 programmed with a cassette player over a lot of human drivers.

Permalink Reply by Sean Newby on October 30, 2018 at 5:19pm

this, a thousand times over!

Permalink Reply by Steve Fiete on October 31, 2018 at 12:38am

Nice vintage ref, Jim.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on November 1, 2018 at 2:50am

Will they be smart enough to lock the doors if they detect a cyclist approaching to prevent dooring? I guess I'll have to trademark the term "The Turing Reach".

Permalink Reply by Phillip Hutchinson on November 1, 2018 at 10:32am

A few car manufacturers are working on systems that do exactly what you are describing:

https://www.bikeradar.com/us/commuting/news/article/anti-dooring-te...

Permalink Reply by Nora FW on November 2, 2018 at 3:36am

Hyundai is already advertising something like this, called Safe Exit Assist. It is of course only for back doors so kids don't hop out without looking and get hit by something. It would be spectacular to see it on every door in the car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6gk3PNjpaE

Edit: I see now that in the link from the reply above it mentions this same thing and has this same video. 

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