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Oh, so that’s who she is and why people are making a big deal. Whatever.
Re: autonomous vehicles:
How many people were killed by people-driven cars that same day? On average, over 100 people die in auto accidents every day. Around 15 pedestrians are among them.
Every day in America.
Over time, autonomous vehicles will be shown to be safer (far safer) than unassisted drivers. Failure drives technology. Engineers learn from failure. Injuries and deaths are lamentable, but failure has made cars much safer than 50 or 60 years ago. It will make automated cars safer, too.
And the proof will be the lower cost of insuring autonomous cars, because actuaries count costs without politics or emotion.
Except for the hacking by terrorists part.
After the techies have perfected automation of the luggage train on that short journey from the terminal to the parked airplane in the extremely controlled space of an airport, I might seriously consider taking an automated motor vehicle ride across town on chaotic streets and highways to the airport.