The person in the car may own it, but they aren't in control of it. You can't even call them a driver if they can't drive the car. I wouldn't have have much of a problem with self-driving cars so long as I can grab the wheel and gain instant control when needed. But Google's removal of the steering wheel, brakes, and gas pedal made them look ridiculous and places them squarely in the position of complete liability.
What really bothers me is the over-confidence in Google software on this board. I'm I the only one that sees their bugs? Google Maps and Google Drive (last I tried it) are full 'em. Maps crashes, leads me to businesses that are long closed, can't find another business 2 blocks down the street. Tells me to keep driving down Smith St. when I'm nowhere near Smith St. When I tried Google Drive (about a year ago) it couldn't sync without creating a bunch of duplicates. Yeah, I want the people who wrote that garbage to write the software to write the code that drives my car.