A lot of those 1.35 million are the fault of the driver, if we hypothetically replaced all cars with self driving ones and 1.30 million still died that would me

A lot of those 1.35 million are the fault of the driver, if we hypothetically replaced all cars with self driving ones and 1.30 million still died that would mean that risk for those who don't drink and drive and/or are generally more attentive and responsible etc. than the average driver etc. would increase significantly. So no... a terrible suggestion. > are indirectly supporting the status quo of unnecessary pain and suffering. There are many measures which would result in a significant decrease in traffic deaths (globally) which we chose not to adopt (not to mention that newer cares are way safer than those 10-20+ years old). Those measures would overall be both cheaper and easier to achieve than self driving. They are not as cool and shinny though so we can just ignore them and still blame people for 'supporting the status quo of unnecessary pain and suffering'...