Exactly -- it's not just the overall accident rate, but the rate per accident type.
Imagine if self-driving is 10x safer on freeways, but on the other hand is 3x more likely to run over your dog in the driveway.
Or it's 5x safer on city streets overall, but actually 2x worse in rain and ice.
We're fundamentally wired for loss aversion. So I'd say it's less about what the total improvement rate is, and more about whether it has categorizable scenarios where it's still worse than a human.
Imagine if self-driving is 10x safer on freeways, but on the other hand is 3x more likely to run over your dog in the driveway.
Or it's 5x safer on city streets overall, but actually 2x worse in rain and ice.
We're fundamentally wired for loss aversion. So I'd say it's less about what the total improvement rate is, and more about whether it has categorizable scenarios where it's still worse than a human.