content: These scenarios are also failing to take into account how safe a modern car is. Even in the unlikely event that a self-driving car made the decision to hit a barrier instead of a pedestrian, it would first of all be decelerating from the posted speed limit, already making it safer than most collisions, but when you struck the barrier your car would turn into a big, fluffy pillow -- self-driving cars aren't going to dump the airbags and other safety features that we've integrated into vehicles over the past several decades just because they're less likely to cause an accident. If you hit the barrier, you'll do so at a low speed, and with the full benefit of all the safety features of a modern vehicle...