This is a good point. HN posters have some difficulty looking at the objective reality of this situation, for example some are missing the obvious comparison to a completely unrelated sci-fi hypothetical that exists in your head.
Twenty years ago, that was sci-fi. HN would have been able to reason clearly about it twenty years ago.
(Yes, I know HN wasn’t around in 2004. You don’t need to nitpick that)
Your nice trip aside, no sci-fi hypotheticals make running red lights acceptable either.
“What if we invented a reverse microwave but it made everything smell like cheese?” or “What if we invented an interpretive dance that solved climate change but only people over 6’4” could do it?” have the same amount of relevance to Teslas running red lights as the human jelly machine you’ve conjured in your mind.