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I agree. People wish not to avoid death, but to lessen their fear of death.

Arguments about how relatively safe self-driving cars will be are beside the point. A self-driving car is something that can kill you. The fact that death by self-driving vehicle is especially rare makes it especially scary.

A low accident rate is not a good thing, psychologically. Only when a risk is comfortably common can we comfortably begin to ignore it.