> knowing how the sausage is made, seeing the compromises that are made in order to "hit the ship date", the bugs that are swept under the rug, the boundary conditions that are assumed away as "impossible", etc., I won't be trusting any self-driving car anytime soon.

As a general member of the public who is present on the roads, you have no choice but to trust any Alpha- or Beta-level self-driving technology that certain companies thrust out on the roads today.