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Public Health, Ethics, and Autonomous Vehicles
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Public Health, Ethics, and Autonomous Vehicles

Janet Fleetwood
American journal of public health (1971), v 107(4), pp 532-537
Apr 2017
PMID: 28207327
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https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303628View
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Abstract

United States - epidemiology Public Health Consumer Product Safety Humans Equipment Design - ethics Automobiles Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control
With the potential to save nearly 30 000 lives per year in the United States, autonomous vehicles portend the most significant advance in auto safety history by shifting the focus from minimization of postcrash injury to collision prevention. I have delineated the important public health implications of autonomous vehicles and provided a brief analysis of a critically important ethical issue inherent in autonomous vehicle design. The broad expertise, ethical principles, and values of public health should be brought to bear on a wide range of issues pertaining to autonomous vehicles.

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