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I think the main problem is that people use common sense and decide when to break the law and do so extremely often. People regularly speed, cross double yello

• TeMPOraL 11y ago
  Yes, and the core of this problem is that "common sense" is exactly what kills people. The laws are what they are to make things orderly, but as we know, everyone thinks they're above average and therefore can ignore the rules at their discretion. We're slowly learning, industry after industry, that achieving reliability and safety in complex environments means following the rules without cutting corners. Airlines have embraced this and achieved safety. Construction workers too relinquished a great deal of autonomy, and thus skyscrapers can be built quick and yet they don't fall down. Surgeons are embracing it too, and surgeries are getting safer. But it's not something that sits well with people. It feels like losing something. And people need to learn to trust the system. Anyway, I hope we won't be teaching self-driving cars to ignore the laws. They're our best hope at actually forcing some reason into human drivers. That is, for the short while before they get replaced altogether.