Missing lights isn’t a problem when your time and attention isn’t consumed by the pointless toil of driving. It’s just the same 2 minutes it takes to microwave some popcorn.
That’s the same experience as being in a taxi though, and plenty of people get frustrated by slow taxi rides. Nobody wants to spend more time than they have to in a taxi, whether driven by a human or computer.
Yea, that's a fair point. Though I'd still be upset if I'm waiting in a line of Waymos turning left that go once per light change when I'm not in a self-driving car.