As you well know, the Boeing issue was a systematic failure - many many processes failed.
If there is a positive from that, it's that the issues regarding changing flight control systems are now better understood and processes will be improved.
Air travel along with rail, in terms of fatalities/km, are still the safest mode of transport by far.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/300 ... d-kingdom/ and many other places.
What does being "ready" mean? The human race has always pushed boundaries and taken risks. The Boeing issue is more about greed and corruption, but people have always died in planes, trains and automobiles, plus died in the pursuit of pretty much every other goal. It happens and is part of moving forward. Bizarrely, air travel is still safe on the above metric - it's just that when a plane crashes, it tends to involve a fair few people, but in terms of the millions who fly every day, it's still a small number.
The main technical issue as I see it with these super complex systems is that testing and verification hasn't kept up with design and implementation.
And this having nothing to do with motorcycles and old cars is exactly my point. It seems from the RFC that this is about hi tech autonomous vehicles, not the likes of what we do.
Respond to the RFC accordingly and see what the draft legislation actually says.