And elevators sometimes kill people, yet few people are afraid of them.<p>Admittedly, deaths are very rare, especially per-trip, 27 per year or  0.00000015% per trip -- self driving cars should be able to get into that level of safety, current automotive fatality rates are around 1 in 100M (or .000001%&#x2F;mile)<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;articles.latimes.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;dec&#x2F;15&#x2F;news&#x2F;la-heb-elevator-safety-death-201112115" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;articles.latimes.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;dec&#x2F;15&#x2F;news&#x2F;la-heb-elevator...</a>