If it turns out this is not an issue and we unnecessarily made self driving cars less common, that would have the same effect as shooting a few hundred random people every day (3,700 people die every day from crashes)
We'll find out in a couple of years
Can you provide your source please? Closest I could find is https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/global-road-safety/index... which states that “[e]very day, almost 3,700 people are killed globally in crashes involving cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, or pedestrians. More than half of those killed are pedestrians, motorcyclists, or cyclists.” I didn’t find a number for just motor vehicle crashes, and since the rates are three times higher in developing countries, it seems like the cost of ownership is going to be a huge factor.
Perhaps the use of this system should be licensed separately from a standard drivers license, akin to an IFR rating. And to keep the rating, manual driving must be performed periodically and logged as well.