Airplanes have essentially the same problem with respect to accident publicity and we've managed to get a functional industry out of them, even if some people a

Airplanes have essentially the same problem with respect to accident publicity and we've managed to get a functional industry out of them, even if some people are afraid of flying and so never do. So while this is clearly a problem that will delay the introduction of driverless cars it's one that can be overcome. I sort of suspect Waymo would have been selling driverless cars a year ago if it weren't for this, actually.