The anti-driverless car “jerks” (as you have labeled them) will get into a righteous tizzy no matter if events like this happen or not. However, I characterize

The anti-driverless car “jerks” (as you have labeled them) will get into a righteous tizzy no matter if events like this happen or not. However, I characterize your response as emotional, and I feel a data-driven response is what is appropriate. So far, autonomous vehicles have a better safety record than human-driven vehicles. That’s the message here. Clouding that with emotional responses and demonizing opponents only serves to distract from that fact.