My first reaction to this was horror on seeing the title. But... I rode an ambulance in the front seat transporting a family member in the back. Several cars d

My first reaction to this was horror on seeing the title. But... I rode an ambulance in the front seat transporting a family member in the back. Several cars drove in front of the ambulance in intersections, completely ignoring the siren. As we drove a several lane road that fed into the intersection was blocked by cars except for one lane, but it was too small for the ambulance to get through, only until the ambulance was stopped did the cars bother to make room. They are supposed to clear out well in advance. One even stopped in front and the ambulance drove around it. I commented on it, and the ER driver said that is how it is. This was late at night, in some traffic in southern California suburbia. I know cars make room in the sunlight. There were traffic cameras, likely police too; no one cared to enforce the law. Not a complete blockage like that firetruck dealt with for 25 seconds on a small road, but if the software is made to respond to ER vehicles, would it perform better than humans 99% of the time? I lost a bit of my faith in humanity seeing that one night-they could have easily made room. If it was during the day I think they would have acted better, while I believe a properly licensed and mature autonomous vehicle would have made room long before that day or night in most situations, and a human can take over in the rest like it did in that article.