People are not going to reject a technology that reduces car accidents from the #8 cause of death to a nearly nonexistent level.

Eh, I am not convinced by your arguments. Technology has improved our lives and relieves us from drugery of life. But there are people out there that want Humans to suffer (Mother Teresa, et. al.) and it is a fundamentalist view that cannot be challenged through logic, reason and objectivity. The only way to defeat neo-luddism is to double down on technological progress.

It is fundamentally anti-Human in every way. Talk to a Cancer survivor sometime and ask them about technology.