What happened to worst case analysis? Don't we all know the flaws of best case?

I think (and I could be wrong) that there are many more cases where conservative driving is safer than aggressive driving.

In a lot of the cases mentioned, doing nothing or stopping are the safest choices. What's safe to drive over? Just assume everything is unsafe and only drive over it if it puts others in danger to avoid it.

If the road is blocked and you need to communicate to navigate, don't. Wait.

If the road conditions are changed due to construction in ways the car can't understand, stop. Find a new route.

Most humans wouldn't do these things. The nice thing about the autonomous car is that it can drive extremely cautiously.

I'm pretty sure the car industry has been doing that for years.

They get sued if they knowingly sell a defective product.

Sorry no. Cars kill thousands of people every year, and will continue to do so. Car companies are doing just fine. Power companies literally kill millions every year, a-ok. McDonalds, Coca Cola ? ditto.

Drivers kill, not the cars. That's totally different from an autonomous car killing someone. Humans make mistakes. That's different from a defective product.

I feel like debate about autonomous cars extends ideas of "who's to blame -- the human or the gun?"

And then it gets fixed, just like with current defects on current cars. Why should it be any different ?