Which is to say: A person's risk assessment is heavily influenced by the amount of perceived control they have

No. They are still cars. Also, I live in a climate where self driving cars won't probably work.for like 2 or 3 months of the year.

I'd love to see a self driving car on a normal snow day with the sun glaring in its camera while stuck in a snow bank that the plow left behind. Sometimes there's a layer of snow on the road, covering the markings, so that nearly two tons self driving machine will get confused and end up stuck everywhere.

Plus even if they dont physically crush people, car tires still emit microplastics that are bad for our health and environment.

https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-50-of-microplastic-pollution-comes-from-cars-heres-why

Parking lots and cars themselves are also contributing to heat island effects and heat up our surroundings.

Cars are a blight on humanity. Fuck cars.

EDIT: Really, we are far from self driving cars anyway. Tesla is faking the footage they show to the public. Waymo has to be remote controlled in some cases. They get stuck everywhere and block emergency services. None of this over enthusiastic tech bro bullshit is even close to being fully functional. Yes, some can drive themselves in controlled environments, but some also get confused easily and end up in bike lanes.