[roadcat]

So you’re driving down a dark road late at night when suddenly a child comes darting out onto the pavement.

Now consider if that is not a child, but a raccoon. Would you want your driverless car to swerve and put you and your family at risk? A human driver can discern the difference between a raccoon and a human child. That happened to me once, where a raccoon was in my path and stood up. I ran over it rather than swerve, because I would crash into oncoming traffic or into obstacles. Felt bad for the raccoon, but my family is more important.

[cornfedcowboy]

Now consider if that is not a child, but a raccoon. Would you want your driverless car to swerve and put you and your family at risk?

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Really not a concern. Probably the first driverless cars will be on Freeways, Interstates, and big roads that can be predictable. Not many children on the freeway.