Public Safety at Risk — Autonomous Vehicle Third-Party Harm
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Public_Safety_at_Risk_—_Autonomous_Vehicle_Third-Party_Harm
Properties
Parent
Activeperiod
From identification of the crash scenario through deployment of autonomous vehicles with the recommended algorithm
Affectedparties
Automobile manufacturer
Cyclists
Engineer A
General public
Motorcycle riders
Pedestrians
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Stateclass
Public Safety at Risk
Subject
Risk of fatal or serious injury to pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcycle riders arising from autonomous vehicle harm-allocation algorithm design choices
Terminatedby
Adoption of harm-minimizing algorithm; regulatory prohibition of passenger-only protective algorithms; or abandonment of autonomous vehicle development
Triggeringevent
Risk assessment team identifies that one algorithmic option results in potential fatal injury to pedestrians, cyclists, or motorcycle riders
Urgencylevel
high
Source Evidence
Source Text
striking and potentially causing a fatal injury to a pedestrian, cyclist, or motorcycle rider
Text References
does the vehicle's system choose the outcome that will likely result in the greatest potential for safety for the vehicle's passengers or does the vehicle's software system instead choose an option in which the least amount of potential harm is done to any of those involved in an accident
striking and potentially causing a fatal injury to a pedestrian, cyclist, or motorcycle rider
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
20dc4ef6c7861538...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
165
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-02-27T23:23:14.080776+00:00
First Case
165
Generated
2026-02-27T23:23:14.080776+00:00
Attributed To
Case 165 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:40:57.912753
Generated By
ProEthica Case 165 Extraction