A group of five passengers is in a self-driving car moving down a two-lane highw

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A group of five passengers is in a self-driving car moving down a two-lane highway with concrete barriers along each side. The car cannot leave the roadway because of these barriers. Suddenly, a truck in the oncoming lane has a flat tire and begins swerving into the car’s lane. The car does not have time to stop, and cannot avoid the truck by swerving to the right. There are only two options: (1) continue in the same lane and crash into the truck, killing all passengers in the self-driving car, or (2) swerve onto the left side of the road where a bicyclist happens to be riding inside the barrier. If the second option is chosen, the bicyclist will be killed. It’s either the five passengers or the bicyclist. If you were writing the software that controls the self-driving car, which choice should you make? and why??

Explanation / Answer

If I am writing the software that controls the self driving car, I will make a choice in which bicyclist will be kileed because it is better to save life of five passengers rather than one. I know life of each one is equially important and i should avoid both but there is no alternative way and bicyclist usually having helmet during driving so this is the best option.

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