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I don't think you have a solid understanding of how code like that works.
It is just a simple OODA loop (observe, orient, decide, act loop) that needs to have the decision made for when constraints conflict. Which by definition must decide who dies. The manufacturers have been explicitly clear about that point so that they can doge liability.
That's like saying a CPU is just a few switches.
What the computer is doing is picking the least bad option with more weight towards the occupant's survival. But if possible it's going to pick an option where no one dies.
You wouldn't charge a human with murder for making the choice between saving themselves or someone else.
And this is ignoring the fact that a self driving vehicle would be in such a situation far less often than humans are.
We are currently charging women for murder because they have had ectopic pregnancies removed. So no, that is not how the laws about murder are currently being applied in the USA.
And yes, I agree that a Turing complete CPU could be just a few dozen transistors. (Or just one depending on how you count ROM)