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I think one problem with AI accident acceptance will be that autonomous car accidents will be different than human car accidents. Most likely humans will think they could have avoided most of the AI accidents. At the same time AI will probably avoid most human-style accidents. That can be a difficult sell, even if AI has a lower overall accident rate.
Jumping in and suddenly taking over the driving responsibility can be a challenge. First and foremost is that your hands must be on the wheel. That allows you to feel the car turn before you notice it visually, and you know where your hands are on the wheel. Second, your right foot should be over the accelerator pedal. That's a place you should be accustomed to, ready to accelerate or brake with your usual muscle-memory actions. You absolutely should be observing everything around you, as if you were driving the car.
That's the elephant in the room with self-driving cars...you must be fully aware and ready to intervene. But even qualified test drivers who clearly know that the software is in development stage have been involved in collisions due to their distraction or failure to act quickly.
What happens to the average driver in an emergency who hasn't taken control of the vehicle in a year and suddenly has to intervene? What happens to a driver with diminished capacity in the same situation? Even on this board...which is filled with a lot of intelligent people, there are those looking forward to self driving cars when their driving skills diminish.
The only way a self driving car can work is if it can operate under the assumption that the driver can't or won't intervene on time. Because that will be the reality.