"I've driven a million miles (on and off road and in the craziest cities in four of the world's continents) and have had 3 accidents"
One sample, possibly outlier, is not representative. Many other things to consider, eg how many of Googlecar accidents were caused by others, how is that rate improving over time, how many of human accidents are caused by DUI, overspeeding etc.
You yourself are surely a better driver now than when you first got your license, and even more so than when you started to learn to drive. Self-driving cars will take much longer to learn than human drivers, and in the end might not be as good as the best human drivers, but all that is needed is that they are at least as good as the average human driver.
And lets face it, AI or no AI the self-driving will become better and better. Human drivers are technically abiout as good now as they're ever going to get. The only improvements that can be made in human driving are on the physical/emotional level (not driving when drunk, angry, stressed-out in a hurry etc)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
