Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?

[Homeless Nutter]

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This is not about "The pedestrian should not be there", that is a moot point, the pedestrian is there, what now?[...]

The same thing that happens when an idiot steps out in front of a speeding car, driven by a human - he dies. Unless of course the human driver manages to somehow swerve and hit other cars, leading to way more casualties. Human instincts are the last thing I'd want to rely on in an emergency.

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Yes, human error may be responsible for a lot of shit, but computers aren't infallible either.

I'm sorry, but that's just idiotic. Computer errors are orders of magnitude less common than human error - even now and the computers are continuously improving, while humans are not (in fact - we're getting worse, thanks to all the modern distractions, like phones and drugs) . You don't believe me? Then try setting up an experiment where you perform the same task as a computer - or just play speed-chess against one. You'll see who's more likely to make a mistake, especially when the time-frames of fractions of seconds are involved

Self-driving car would be the best thing that could happen to transportation, although of course people, who fetishize cars and are unfamiliar with probabilities will undoubtedly make a big fuss about it - as is always the case with every improvement. People - like my grandfather - used to oppose indoor plumbing as well...