[twayt]

People have a visceral reaction to the image of them being in a self driving car and hurtling to their death with no control.

What they don’t have a visceral reaction is to be saved from a collision with a drunk driver or their own error.

Nothing else to discuss here, move along.

[forgetfreeman]

Incorrect. There is plenty to discuss yet about self-driving tech's current state of play and how that compares to a trained human operator's abilities in identical situations. There's also the evergreen topic of liability in the case of accidents that has yet to be resolved to my satisfaction.