No, because society has already accepted the status quo and needs to be convinced to change it. Technology can't gain acceptance by being just as good as the status quo -- it has to be better.

Every time a self-driving car causes an accident in a situation where a human driver probably would not have (and sometimes in pretty obvious ways, like driving into a freeway divider), it will hurt acceptance of the new technology. Politicians will never miss an opportunity to grandstand against tech companies. People will be afraid to ride in autonomous vehicles.