…are they something we can expect to see in our near future?
Based on the above article and others I’ve read, the answer would seem to be a resounding “yes”.
I know there are those who enjoy driving and loathe the idea of giving up on doing so, but the reality is that there are probably even more people out there who would love to allow their cars to drive them to and from work each day and give them that time to read the paper or check their emails or make themselves up, etc. etc. and not have to burn a half-hour plus (and in some cases many more pluses) in the act of actually driving through rush hour gridlock.
And because we’re dealing with a computer driver, if many -if not most- vehicles on the highway wind up being self-driving cars, then I suspect that rush hour traffic will become lessened. No rubbernecking, fewer crashes.
While one can certainly envision perils (bad software, a defective scanner, etc) how is this not a good thing?
One day soon…