It is clear that one day automated cars will make less mistakes than human drivers, and that such systems can reduce the amount of traffic accidents. There is

It is clear that one day automated cars will make less mistakes than human drivers, and that such systems can reduce the amount of traffic accidents. There is one big problem - convincing some people this is true, and that cars will make mistakes, but far less mistakes than humans. The problem is there are many people that fail to see it that way. More than once I was in a situation of explaining the concept of automated cars to others, and always the opposing arguments go something like: "But, can you be absolutely certain that there isn't going to be one single case where a car makes a mistake and kills someone". No, I cannot, and I will not. And, of course, once the self-driving cars become a reality, such cases will happen. And than there will be an article in some scandal-seeking newspaper how an automated car killed the father of two, and how this is a what happens when you let science control your life and when you let all those over-educated people do what they want... Or something along that lines... Frustrating.