Well, obviously the car&#x27;s own occupants should always hold the highest priority for that car. Otherwise it is a terrible terrible product if the code even <i>contains</i> the possibility that it could ever prioritize <i>anything</i> over the lives of its owners.<p>In your scenario, smashing into another vehicle will be preferable to mowing down pedestrians; that vehicle&#x27;s program just might be able to save itself, or the two vehicles might even communicate to minimize the damage to each other, and in any case a vehicle will most certainly absorb more of the impact than an exposed pedestrian could.<p>People on foot, who have nothing to do with the traffic, should <i>never</i> have to deal with the vehicles and the consequences of their programs. Number 2 from your scenario should not even be an option to the program.