Since I didn't find it in a Ctrl+F, I'll chime in to say that one of the advantages of self-driving cars is the scrutiny that accidents will come under, and how

Since I didn't find it in a Ctrl+F, I'll chime in to say that one of the advantages of self-driving cars is the scrutiny that accidents will come under, and how the results of that investigation can improve the driving of all other self-driving cars. While many fatal car accidents are scrutinized to an appropriate level throughout the various countries across the world, many are not. And when they are examined in detail and the vehicle had a fault, the systems in place to issue recalls and defects are quite robust and reasonably effective, although time consuming. When the driver is at fault, the local judicial system (if it exists) can attempt to rectify that behaviour through the usual means - fines, imprisonment, training, whathaveyou. But with a self-driving car, the autonomous systems can be updated after a collision like this is understood, improved, and distributed to existing vehicles at a scale and rate far surpassing anything possible with humans driving cars individually in every city across the world. I don't think self-driving cars are flawless in concept or mandatory for all circumstances, but having been to fatal car accidents that are eerily similar to one another on a few too many occasions, I can welcome large scale discussions on what went on in a death such as this one - because the positive outcomes can be replicated elsewhere, hopefully saving someone from the same fate.