<img src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/a-road-scene-shot-from-the-perspective-of-a-driver-shows-red-splotches-to-indicate-where-nearby-vehicles-were-detected-using-l.png?id=67724498&amp;width=1245&amp;height=700&amp;coordinates=0%2C32%2C0%2C32" /><br /><br /><p>Plenty of people remain spooked by autonomous vehicles, or AVs. Some experts and policymakers have cautioned that AVs won’t necessarily make roads safer. When it comes to partial or full autonomy, the picture isn’t entirely cle