This is probably an understandable assumption, given that the car manufacturer will inevitably try and spin it as the driver's fault no matter what. For example, take the Cruise crash a while ago: car starts swerving in automatic mode, driver takes control but fails to bring it back on course before it crashes into a parked car. Headline in The Verge "Startup’s self-driving test car crashes after driver takes control", uncritically reports Cruise's claim that it was the driver's fault because they 'had "enough time" to correct the path of the vehicle to avoid the accident, but "unfortunately made a mistake."'