Random thoughts. I'm actually pretty optimistic about AVs as far as comfort for other people on the roads, especially cycling.
*If* we get to a point where I feel at least as much trust that the robot will see me as the average driver - and building this trust is probably easier than people imagine - I can cycle without worrying about abuse, harassment and unsafe passing from drivers who are irrationally upset by the presence of cyclists. Robots will have no such feelings :)
@jroper except that we know that AI inherits the biases present in the data on which it is trained, so if AV's are trained on human drivers then you'll just get harassment and unsafe passing from robot cars simulating irrational anger at the presence of cyclists
