I mean in that case imagine these people being allowed to drive. There's no reason computers can't be better than people, and many reasons they could be better.
It is entirely possible, however, that the computers and software systems available today can't be better than humans.
The important metric is accidents per mile driven. Right now, Teslas on autopilot seem to be significantly safer than human drivers. From Tesla's vehicle safety report[1]:
> ...we registered one accident for every 4.53 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged. For those driving without Autopilot but with our active safety features, we registered one accident for every 2.27 million miles driven. For those driving without Autopilot and without our active safety features, we registered one accident for every 1.56 million miles driven. By comparison, NHTSA’s most recent data shows that in the United States there is an automobile crash every 479,000 miles.
Yes autopilot has issues and limitations, but it's already 3x safer than unaided drivers. Also, it seems to be improving in safety. Two years ago, autopilot's crash rate was only 1.5x lower than unaided Tesla drivers.
Weather, type of road and so on has huge effect on number of accidents. Unless those are taken in consideration it's only lies...
A portion of this is a result of the ability for young adults to purchases $30-40,000 cars: 16-19 yo drivers make up around 2/5 of the total accidents in the US.
https://aaafoundation.org/rates-motor-vehicle-crashes-injuri...
Additionally, 4 door sedans in general (which describes most Tesla models) are only involved in approximately 27% of all accidents. The Model X, a compact SUV, only accounts for about 13% of all accidents.
https://cdan.nhtsa.gov/tsftables/tsfar.htm# (look at table 37)
But it doesn't make for nearly as good of a press release.