[pc86]

It's hard to look at a system where you have "AI" directly causing human deaths and not have a knee-jerk reaction that it can't be done and should be regulated out of existence, even if it's objectively safer than humans. It's an emotional position but as they say it's nigh impossible to reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

[HPsquared]

It's the cars themselves that are dangerous. Whether people or robots are driving them. We used to have sensible regulation to ensure safety, which was unfortunately repealed, resulting in millions of avoidable deaths:

"...this restricted the speed (of horse-less vehicles) to 2mph in towns & 4mph in the country. The Act also required three drivers for each vehicle – two to travel in the vehicle and one to walk ahead carrying the infamous red flag."

https://law-school.open.ac.uk/blog/red-flag-act