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, kling 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 ether the five passengers or the bicyclist. If you were writing the software that controls the self-driving car, which choice should you make?

Explanation / Answer

By considering number of persons killed in this accident I preferred the second option.

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