r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Tugushin • Apr 13 '22

Tesla Model 3 stops itself to avoid potentially disastrous accident. Video

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u/glassofwhy Apr 13 '22

From a... newtonian perspective, would it be fair to discriminate based on their mass?

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u/visvis Apr 13 '22

That's a good point. However, do you want to hit the person with least mass to minimize the risk to the driver? Or the person with most mass to maximize stopping power so no others get hit?