If it's a pedestrian, you will do whatever is necessary to avoid it. You will break suddenly or you will even do a very heavy turn. In other words, you will probably put your own life in danger, and for a good reason.

If it's a car, you will NOT do whatever is necessary to avoid it (I'm speaking about low speed crashes here). You will prefer a "soft" crash that doing certain super dangerous maneuvers. Like, you will brake and "accept" a soft crash instead of doing a ultra heavy turn to the sidewalk.