I find the Baby on Board signs to be a combination of insulting and patronising.
The insulting part is that assumption that because there is a baby on board that I should drive differently. Why? I'm sure that most people try to drive well. People don't go around driving badly intentionally.
The patronising is the "Look at me I've reproduced" factor. Consider those people that are less fortunate and unable to conceive.
There is a good reason for the baby on board sign though. It says that the driver is likely to be distracted by their children and you should take extra care around them as they make drive erratically.
That's a good point but I think these signs do serve the purpose of reminding that it is not an empty metal box you want to overtake but there are live people inside
I think Volvo has it right. It's better to slam on the brakes and hope that's enough than deliberately kill one person to save another deemed more important
So can the programmer now be held legally liable for their programming choice of who to kill? Oh and watch of for that terrorist programmer.... Cheers John
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I find the Baby on Board signs to be a combination of insulting and patronising.
The insulting part is that assumption that because there is a baby on board that I should drive differently. Why? I'm sure that most people try to drive well. People don't go around driving badly intentionally.
The patronising is the "Look at me I've reproduced" factor. Consider those people that are less fortunate and unable to conceive.
There is a good reason for the baby on board sign though. It says that the driver is likely to be distracted by their children and you should take extra care around them as they make drive erratically.
That's a good point but I think these signs do serve the purpose of reminding that it is not an empty metal box you want to overtake but there are live people inside
But you could say that about every car
good read! spot on!
I think Volvo has it right. It's better to slam on the brakes and hope that's enough than deliberately kill one person to save another deemed more important
So can the programmer now be held legally liable for their programming choice of who to kill? Oh and watch of for that terrorist programmer.... Cheers John
So in effect, autonomous Volvos will be designed to kill their owners. That’s a bit worrying.