What we can't do as the creators of the future of autonomous vehicles is give in for emotional appeals when the relevant thing is statistics about car accidents. If the media does it, bash the media (and hope for decent publications to support the appeal of relevant people in the field). If politicians do it, bash politicians, though nothing really helps when it comes to politics. But don't be nice to bureaucrats and their oblivious supporters who are actually preventing thousands of lives being saved every year by slowing down development and deployment.