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by california2077 1491 days ago
1. When autonomous cars are numerous enough to pose a statistically significant issue for first responders, the lives they will save by preventing traffic accidents will absolutely outnumber the possible damage from an odd edge case like this one.

2. If you're still worried about it, perhaps the solution is to require manufacturer to make some kind of override for autonomous vehicles, then give it to first responders like fire, medics and police.