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Can Self-Driving Cars Be Engineered to Be Ethical?
This week, a self-driving vehicle struck and killed a woman in the American
state of Arizona. The death is believed to be the first involving a fully autonomous car
on U.S. public roads. The vehicle was operating in self-driving mode when it hit a
49-year-old woman crossing the street near the city of Phoenix. Police say Elaine
Herzberg was walking with her bicycle outside the road’s crosswalk when she was
struck. The Volvo SUV – belonging to the ride-sharing company Uber – was traveling
at about 65 kilometers an hour. A driver was sitting in the vehicle’s seat even though
the car was set to drive itself.
After the crash, Uber announced it was halting all its road testing programs
while the incident is investigated. Local and federal officials are taking part in the
investigation.
Effects of the crash
Some transportation experts believe the deadly crash could slow the
development of self-driving technology. They argue that U.S. lawmakers and the
public may resist the technology if they believe self-driving cars will repeatedly make
deadly mistakes.
Nicholas Evans is a professor of philosophy at the University of
Massachusetts. He thinks Uber made the right decision to stop its self-driving tests
while the crash is investigated. But he says future accidents could change public
opinion about the technology. “I think that consumers get very worried about kind of
dramatic individual episodes, and that can really shake consumer confidence in
products and investor confidence in products.”
Evans said companies test self-driving vehicles in different
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