Driverless cars are Google hoopla. I think it's more likely that cars slowly come equipped with increased automation, like adaptive cruise control and automatic

Driverless cars are Google hoopla. I think it's more likely that cars slowly come equipped with increased automation, like adaptive cruise control and automatic braking. As they become cheaper, regulators will mandate some of these features. These are cheap fixes that make driving safer. Drivers and insurers will both like them. But complete computer control of the whole car is a much bigger hurdle and I don't see why we will simply skip to that point rather than implementing cheaper, effective automation first.