Manyautopilot developers for land vehicles recognize that top their active operation does not interfere with the technological difficulties, and a set of ethical and legal factors. In particular, it is no common rules on the allocation of liability in road traffic accidents. So far, only Audi and Volvo have taken the liberty to guarantee the payment of damages to people injured in accidents involving their "automatic" cars.
As informs edition Car and Driver, the guiding program development at Daimler "autopilot" Christoph von Hugo is ready to reveal the nuances of moral choice. In situations where the choice will be between saving the life of pedestrians and situated in the human car, Mercedes-Benz will give preference to the preservation of life, "the driver". Provided that driving a car is automatic.
The seeming cynical logic is simple. Mercedes-Benz only affects the behavior of the car in which the man is traditionally referred to as the "driver". However, Mercedes-Benz soothing assurances audience that with the spread of the autopilot emergencies will occur much less frequently.