You know how you could REALLY fix that?

1. Actual car checks everywhere. I've seen some crazy cars in the US that would be impounded ASAP in most of Europe.

2. Add pedestrian safety requirements for new cars, which would practically ban tall cars (trucks and SUVs) except for professional use.

3. Something for smartphones, not really sure about the best attack angle.

This "might not ever happen" self driving shtick is just moving the goalpost into the middle of nowhere.

We can get that to 60k!

You're fooling yourself to think that Tesla is the solution. First, most of the fatalities are in cars that cost much much less than Tesla. Their owners will never afford a Tesla. Second, the only realistic way to prevent some of these deaths is to empower public transport, the way it's done in Europe. Third, although that's the least important point, Tesla statistics of miles driven between crashes are biased, because they turn off autopilot before crashes [1].

Please be careful not to conflate the goals of capitalism with the goals of technology and science.

[1] PDF https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2022/INOA-EA22002-3184.PDF