> We can cross that bridge when, if, we come to it. At the moment, AI products are nowhere near as safe as human drivers in no-compromises realworld driving situations (ie a foggy/snowy/icy night, driver asleep, mountain highway etc).

I'm not entirely convinced this is true, even though it's commonly stated. People are terrible at driving in fog and snow and ice (and... asleep?). It's intuitive why a self driving car company would not want to release the cars to do this in extra dangerous situations while they're still improving the easier stuff, but we don't exactly have stats to say the cars would necessarily do worse.