> more of them are sold which results in a fewer accidents and fatalities overall, then I think it's the right call. Except that every bit of available evidenc

> more of them are sold which results in a fewer accidents and fatalities overall, then I think it's the right call. Except that every bit of available evidence shows that not only do self driving cars not reduce fatalities, there is no reason to expect that they will. People are surprisingly good drivers - the reason there are so many accidents is simply that people drive so much. I ran some numbers many years ago showing this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12012166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12012166 check them if you like.