It depends on whose safety is increased and decreased. Car infrastructure is notorious for focusing on the safety of drivers rather than pedestrians. If self-

It depends on whose safety is increased and decreased. Car infrastructure is notorious for focusing on the safety of drivers rather than pedestrians. If self-driving cars increase safety for drivers and are worse for everybody else I am not sure it is a good trade-off. In this regard we can adapt the saying about electric cars to self-driving cars: they are here to save the car industry not you.