What a weird article. As an avid cyclist, I would love self-driving cars to eventually take over the roads as I do believe they will eventually be safer than the humans with phones in their hands.

But I also think Tesla has singlehandedly wrecked the public perception of self-driving cars with their recklessness and disregard for human life, and faking statistics to try to legalize their self-driving mode: https://www.reuters.com/world/tesla-presented-misleading-ful...

Separately, I'd be pissed if my lawmaker tried to make this argument:

> New York state Sen. Luis Sepulveda (D–Bronx) wants a law that says motor vehicles for hire "shall not be…operated by an automated driving system without a human driver…seated behind the steering wheel and engaged in the task of driving."

> He says the state must protect immigrant taxi and Uber drivers who live in his district.

the old 'we must trade freedom for safety' argument, so hot right now