As much as people want to believe self driving cars are a deathtrap, the reality is, just like flights, they’ve proven to be safer by the numbers - much fewer accidents per mile - than human drivers. It’s the giving away control part that people have a problem with. People don’t feel safe when they’re not the one in control, and when they’ve been mercilessly hammered with bad news and warnings about technology rebelling, it plays into their fears, and magnifies a smalll concern into a world ending problem.
I have used Waymo 11 times now in the Los Angeles area and only once did I have an issue. The issue was turning left when people were blocking the intersection but it could still go around them. It wouldn’t turn and it waited through 2 light cycles.
As much as people want to believe self driving cars are a deathtrap, the reality is, just like flights, they’ve proven to be safer by the numbers - much fewer accidents per mile - than human drivers. It’s the giving away control part that people have a problem with. People don’t feel safe when they’re not the one in control, and when they’ve been mercilessly hammered with bad news and warnings about technology rebelling, it plays into their fears, and magnifies a smalll concern into a world ending problem.
I have used Waymo 11 times now in the Los Angeles area and only once did I have an issue. The issue was turning left when people were blocking the intersection but it could still go around them. It wouldn’t turn and it waited through 2 light cycles.