Exactly. Should rename it “Darwin-Benz”, lest the roads become crowded over years by roving gangs of Orphans who look neither left, or right first.

Yup, nobody is going to buy the car that makes you dead on purpose, and rival car manufacturers would hammer their competitors should they choose not to make occupant safety their top priority.

Alternatively,

The bank wants you to live, so you can make you next car payment.

If the day came that I was forced into giving up my manual transmission as was actually going to buy the accursed abomination that would be a fully autonomous car, I’m going with option A. The occupants of the vehicle should always have top priority. The car is most likely going to be programmed to avoid obstacles in…

Hey now, my parents paid in cas—

It’s been worse since a while. I find some new writers being extremely judgmental.

So you would swerve into the oncoming truck?

Yeah, I really wouldn’t expect any automaker to advertise that their car will do the opposite of this. Favoring the vehicle occupants will sell more cars than altruism. Guaranteed.

It sounds heartless, but the only correct answer is the one that Mercedes gave. Would any of us give up control to a car that doesn’t prioritize the survivability of its occupants over anything else? I sure as hell wouldn’t. The car isn’t making a choice to kill those orphans, it’s making a choice not to kill you.…

Because they need less seating, less payload, and as a former owner of a 17 yr old mini-van, much better mileage.

Because it is not a Minivan?

This is the correct answer to the problem. My property does not get to determine whether I live or die, not for orphans, not for priests, not for the president.

their phone plugs into it

GO GET AN EYE-DOCTOR!!!! NOW!!!!

Congratulations, Mr. Harry, on COTD today! I would like to gift you with a MINI which this lovely lady will deliver something, something Brexit.

I just can’t help but step in and reply: Just because 8% of rape allegations are found to be false does not mean that 92% of rape allegations are found to be true. There is a grey area here. From that very article that you cited, it says that 44% of cases don’t proceed. What does that mean?

Misogynist or not, I believe Rose was right in “not knowing what women are up to”. And for the record, this is a particular kind of woman, no doubt. Superstar, uber rich, NBA athletes aren’t lining up to gang bang librarians.

2-10% Where the woman decided to admit she lied. Estimates about somthing that is unknowable even before partisans get involved are bullcrap at a best.

I hate the fact that I’m saying this... but the colorblind thing isn’t a gotcha. I tell people I’m colorblind all the time... and I am red green colorblind... meaning I can’t see various shades of purple, blue, green, gray.... but I can see pink no problem. I assume that’s what he meant.