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Letter: Rocky road ahead

Published 25 February 2015

From Jon Wise

With the news that driverless cars are coming to our roads, should we be discussing what will happen when the car has to choose between the safety of its occupants and the safety of other road users? Should it avoid hitting a pedestrian by steering into a river, for example?
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK

Issue no. 3010 published 28 February 2015

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