The US DoT estimated $340 billion lost in traffic accident damage and just over 42,000 people’s lives lost in 2021. I think we accept that largely because it is

The US DoT estimated $340 billion lost in traffic accident damage and just over 42,000 people’s lives lost in 2021. I think we accept that largely because it is diffused across lots of people. Self driving cars would centralize some of this liability and so they have to be an order of magnitude safer before they are accepted to replace our current system. And the existing “system” of human brains has millions of years of R&D; I think anyone in the industry should be accepting any unfair advantages we can get in the name of safety. After all does anyone care if the plane they are in is flapping its wings?