You are correct. However, how many people get hurt is not the only thing that needs to be considered. It's very likely that when a self-driving car would be eq

You are correct. However, how many people get hurt is not the only thing that needs to be considered. It's very likely that when a self-driving car would be equally safe as a human driver, the people who die in accidents caused by the car would be different than those who would die in accidents caused by human drivers, and so you'd end up with situations where individual next-of-kin could make entirely legitimate claims after accidents that their loved ones would be alive if not for the hellspawn car. Trying to convince juries that it's alright because for every person who die in the cars, two other people who would have otherwise died got to live would probably be tough. Especially as the accidents that the self-driving cars are most apt to prevent are ones that could at least partially be considered caused directly by bad choices made by the driver (DUI, distracted driving, falling asleep at the wheel). Once the data gets good enough that you don't need to do statistics on it[0], it becomes a lot easier to sell the idea to the public. [0]: Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2400/ https://xkcd.com/2400/