> Maybe it's time for new legislation for cars sold with any form or degree of autonomy, to purchase or drive/control one the individual in charge must have completed a full safety course on the control of said vehicles.
The US doesn't require any course in the current non-autonomous death traps. Why should this be any different?
If you can identify 50% of the road signs by shape, you're good to go in the US.
People don't even know you should check/change the oil, that's how poor the knowledge is here.