[icoder]

I for one don't trust myself with that judgement call either (given the expected very short timeframe you have available).

For example, avoiding the kid that appears out of no where might crash me into an upcoming car, killing that driver while the kid in the corner of my eye turned out to be a dog or in fact stopped/retreated just in time to prevent a collision in the first place. Your fastest reflexes bypass a big part of your brain.

As long as the cars drive safer, on average, than we do (and I think that's achievable), rationally we should hand over the controls (or we should find a way to combine both and end up even safer).