I meant the latter, but "equally safe as the status quo" might not be sufficient here.
If we built planes that were only as safe as highway driving, people would be outraged.
We aren't exactly rational about this stuff, and we expect a lot more from machines we don't directly control.
But I like your opt in solution. Maybe the UI loudly complains about the risk of current conditions and sticks to <5 MPH, unless the user enables "never tell me the odds" mode.
If we built planes that were only as safe as highway driving, people would be outraged.
We aren't exactly rational about this stuff, and we expect a lot more from machines we don't directly control.
But I like your opt in solution. Maybe the UI loudly complains about the risk of current conditions and sticks to <5 MPH, unless the user enables "never tell me the odds" mode.