Sure. But that should be proposed independently of AV, it’s not an argument against AV. Personally this line of reasoning is something I see all the time in SF

Sure. But that should be proposed independently of AV, it’s not an argument against AV. Personally this line of reasoning is something I see all the time in SF when the local NIMBYs want to hand wring about something - they’ll reject something saying we should do X instead when X is not even being proposed or discussed, and they certainly aren’t trying to make X happen either. It’s not really about X to them, it’s just a rhetorical tool to stop the thing they want to stop. I’m not saying you’re doing that but given it’s prevalence in SF and the recent media surge against AV in SF I think this phenomenon is starting to rear it’s ugly head.