[robertlagrant]

A self driving car can cause incredible damage straight away. I don't think you should underestimate that. But we also don't have enough healthcare access, so the need is more urgent than that for automated drivers, the health benefit of which is often only about reducing risk of driving while tired or intoxicated.

Yes a patient could be at risk - they're at risk from everything, including a poorly trained/outdated doctor. And even more at risk from just not having access to a doctor. That's the point: it's a risk on both sides; weighing competing risks is not whataboutism.