I think it may have to do with the fact that you're not directly responsible for the crash yourself. In a car, when you're driving it and have a crash, at least

I think it may have to do with the fact that you're not directly responsible for the crash yourself. In a car, when you're driving it and have a crash, at least you had some control over it. At least that's how I feel about it, when sitting on a piece of metal flying through the sky, navigated by some person you've never met. Similarly, if we ever have self-driving cars, people will probably be very harsh on those systems, even if they're 1000x safer.