Public Safety at Risk — Autonomous Vehicle Third-Party Harm
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Public_Safety_at_Risk_—_Autonomous_Vehicle_Third-Party_Harm
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From identification of the crash scenario through deployment of autonomous vehicles with the recommended algorithm
Affected parties
Automobile manufacturer
Cyclists
Engineer A
General public
Motorcycle riders
Pedestrians
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Subject
Risk of fatal or serious injury to pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcycle riders arising from autonomous vehicle harm-allocation algorithm design choices
Terminated by
Adoption of harm-minimizing algorithm; regulatory prohibition of passenger-only protective algorithms; or abandonment of autonomous vehicle development
Triggering event
Risk assessment team identifies that one algorithmic option results in potential fatal injury to pedestrians, cyclists, or motorcycle riders
Urgency level
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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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Public Safety at Risk — Autonomous Vehicle Third-Party Harm" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From identification of the crash scenario through deployment of autonomous vehicles with the recommended algorithm" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Automobile manufacturer",
"Cyclists",
"Engineer A",
"General public",
"Motorcycle riders",
"Pedestrians" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.96" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "165" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:23:14.080776+00:00" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "striking and potentially causing a fatal injury to a pedestrian, cyclist, or motorcycle rider" ;
proeth:stateclass "Public Safety at Risk" ;
proeth:subject "Risk of fatal or serious injury to pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcycle riders arising from autonomous vehicle harm-allocation algorithm design choices" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Adoption of harm-minimizing algorithm; regulatory prohibition of passenger-only protective algorithms; or abandonment of autonomous vehicle development" ;
proeth:textreferences "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" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Risk assessment team identifies that one algorithmic option results in potential fatal injury to pedestrians, cyclists, or motorcycle riders" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 165 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:40:57.912753"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 165 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
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