You must be reading different news. Governments (especially the US) can't even get people to stay at home for a while to avoid a deadly disease. It's borderlin

You must be reading different news. Governments (especially the US) can't even get people to stay at home for a while to avoid a deadly disease. It's borderline impossible that they will "legislate away people's freedom to drive" anytime soon. Even if a startup appeared tomorrow that could unequivocally show that they have a perfect self-driving car that runs on fairy dust and cleans up cities as it goes, people would still demand their right to drive ICEs.