Something that I think is sometimes missed is that the insurance companies along with major freight haulers may drive this more than the public at large. Self d

Something that I think is sometimes missed is that the insurance companies along with major freight haulers may drive this more than the public at large. Self driving systems don't have to be perfect; they just have to be better than humans, and that may be attainable sooner than the naysayers imagine. We're still north of 30k auto deaths per year in the U.S. alone - I'd bet money that if you waved a magic wand and replaced every car on the road today with an autopilot Tesla, traffic deaths would fall off a cliff.