I've found the problem is too few people enjoy reasoning and critical thinking. They prefer to listen to the fear-mongering and their "leaders" to think for the

I've found the problem is too few people enjoy reasoning and critical thinking. They prefer to listen to the fear-mongering and their "leaders" to think for them. Let's give humans a random % of accidents. Let's say... 10%. For every 10 drivers that day - one will get into an accident. Once a week, this accident will be fatal and result in 52 deaths/year. An autonomous vehicle has a 0.1% chance of an accident. For every 1,000 vehicles driving that day - one will get into an accident. Once a week, this accident will be fatal and result in 52 deaths/year. Both scenarios result in 52 deaths/year and neither is better than the other. This is what people are being led to believe. It attempts to hide the 10 vs 1,000 difference in number of drivers. Once you scale it up to be 1,000 humans driving and 100 will get into an accident. Each week, 100 will be fatal. There are now 5,200 deaths/year. 52 deaths/year should be something everyone desires over 5,200 deaths/year. Even better - autonomous vehicles can improve faster than humans. Eventually there may only be 5.2 deaths/year. Then 0.52 deaths/year. Then 0.052 deaths/year. Meanwhile, humans are a bit more consistent... there will likely be 5,200 deaths/year every year without seeing any improvement. The faster we make any improvement over human drivers - the more lives are saved. If your state senators are trying to ban autonomous vehicles. Remind them that they are are contributing to deaths of people. Any improvement over humans to reduce these deaths should be desired - not banned.