It's not really much of a surprise to me that people want to demonize automation, whether consciously or not. If your skill set consists of "Well, I can drive a car/truck...", then I think it's time to diversify.
The younger generations will ask, "But you controlled the car?". It will blow their minds.
Why, yes, I do want the model with a built in console, thank you for reminding me.
Google tends to have rather higher code quality than most, though, and presumably even more care is put in for safety-critical things.
Why? And how do you feel about air travel?The thought of being in a self driving car still terrifies me.
This is a fair point but one I think wed only have to address for a few years. Self.driving cars as they are need to constantly compensate for alterations in the environment once they are ubiquitous and regulated I cannot see why we should be any more concerned than we are with our microwave ovens.