Automobile Enthusiasts

Tesla's FSD (Full Self Driving) is just a toy. It's not ready for primetime, but for some reason, is allowed on highways. All other present AVs: Cruise, Waymo, Zoox, are city driving only. Cruise and Waymo do go on freeways, but with an operator behind the wheel to take over when necessary (or, the operator is actually operating the vehicle, and is just taking the car from garage to maintenance or another garage).

At the same time, we have 40,000+ people die every year in the US due to automobile-related accidents. 100% of those are human-driven vehicles. That number of deaths isn't as alarming as the 2.5 million injured every year. The reason the number of deaths is low compare to the number of injured is because all modern vehicles are built like a tank (and many are physically larger than some WWII tanks). Modern vehicles keep the passengers from dying. But there could be minor to serious injuries involved.

Accidents and deaths due to human-driven vehicles are so commonplace that such occurrence don't even warrant a mention in the B section of a local paper (if they exist where the accident occurred).

And the accident that involved the Cruise vehicle was initially caused by a human-driven vehicle hitting a pedestrian (and then speeding away), causing that pedestrian to fall in front of an oncoming Cruise vehicle. The Cruise vehicle stopped, and then attempted a pull over wherein it rolled over the fallen pedestrian. If there were a human driver in the Cruise vehicle, it probably would not be able to stop in time and would have hit the pedestrian before stopping.