OP's point wasn't that we should make cars that require trained pilots to monitor the computer, just that the culture of safety is extremely different and concerning.
Because it might increase their taxes. And god forbid a red-blooded American pays 1% more tax on the income from their hard-earned jetski dealership...
They care, but they certainly don't care enough to do anything about it, and the government is a symptom of that. Isn't the US supposed to be a 'democracy'? Why can't the government be fixed?