Originally Posted by ShyGuy

People can't drive worth crap. Most non-alcohol accidents involve distractions, inattentiveness, carelessness, and/or aggressive/reckless actions. Throw in some for weather, but again, a slower/cautious speed would do wonders to reduce those accidents too. An autopilot car doesn't have the complexity of the human mind, so it won't be distracted or do stupid things that humans tend to do all the time that cause crashes. If pilots flew like how the average person drives, there'd be a lot more dead people. Thankfully that's not the case, and aviation today in America is safer than ever before.