That Tech Review article that 9-Lines keeps pointing to is over a year old (And so is the Spectrum article and whatever else Jalopnik has pointed to has pointed to in the year since.) and I’m sure the engineers and technicians working on various robot cars (All using different technologies.) were aware of the problem…

Computers that adjust braking and acceleration hundreds of times per second, for individual tires, will never be as effective as humans behind the wheel.

Exactly. I’m reminded of the Astronomer Royal, Wooley, saying in 1956, “It’s utter bilge!” just a year prior to the launch of Sputnik.

Might be some projection on their own lack of skills to deal with this conditions...

Still-emergent technology not yet perfect. Film at 11.

People love to cite this problem and then smugly conclude it will never be solved. I wish I had their certainty about how the future is going to work out.