&gt; Most of us are going to expect nothing short of perfection from these machines to really trust them.<p>I hope not.  I&#x27;d like them as safe as possible, but I already expect that they&#x27;ll be better than human drivers, and that ought to be sufficient to allow them.<p>However, there&#x27;s another issue in play here: in addition to the possibility of holding self-driving cars to a higher standard than humans, people like the feeling of control, and will feel &quot;better&quot; about an accident where they see someone to blame.