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

[Reforged]

To an extent we can actually program machines to reason, its just usually not as abstract as our ability to do so. A binary system can creates all kinds of checks and balances that would allow it to do so. As the checks and balances get more in-depth, more complex and more varied we may actually verge on creating a consciousness that rivals, if not surpasses, ours.

What I mean is, a car is not something they would program to reason.

The technology necessary for that is so long down the road, and would cost so much, there are much better things to use it for.

Well, there is one possibility. Quantum computing. If I remember correctly right now theres an app you can download to access one of the few quantum computers for a price. You can then use it to quickly and efficently answer any question to an astonishing degree of accuracy by going through the entire web for it at incredible speed.
It may well be possible to do something similar with cars and make it so several quantum computers are responsible for managing traffic via car uplinks. Because road accidents and road deterioration would be greatly reduced some of the taxes that would usually pay for that could be used to fund the maintenance and upkeep of said computers.
However, this would damage the job market as now various occupations would be in a huge part obsolete. It would be necessary to create a new industry for uneducated workers before doing this to offset economic damage.