Drivers Prefer Autonomous Cars That Don't Kill Them - InformationWeek

A car is about to hit a dozen pedestrians. Is it better for the car to veer off the road and kill the driver but save the pedestrians? Or is it better to save the driver and kill all those other people? That's the thorny philosophical question that the makers of autonomous vehicles -- self-driving cars -- are grappling with these days, and a new study sheds some light on what people actually want that car to do. It turns out that the answer depends on whether you are the driver of the car or not.