i think a non-distracted human will be a better driver perhaps for ever because of the "spidey sense", but as you say, a lot of us just want to look at our phones (or drink).

i was excited about the safety improvements (40,000 lives saved per year in US alone). however, i'm a little worried about the possibility of a 10 Trillion dollar Tesla or Waymo behemoth shaping legislation around streets/highways/city scapes to their own liking.

if we aren't careful, there won't be any room for biking infrastructure, pedestrians, etc, because welp there's no company worth 10Trillion that sells bikes.

i basically repeated this guy's points. and wow i sound like a bot sometimes.