Somewhat unrelated but I have wondered why people are assuming the first use of automated vehicles will be for personal transport on a public road. It seems a

Somewhat unrelated but I have wondered why people are assuming the first use of automated vehicles will be for personal transport on a public road. It seems a lot simpler to have a part of the road network dedicated to fully automated vehicles. And instead of immediately transporting people (which carries a high risk) it seems a lot more sensible to initially focus on the transport of goods. The initial set up would be quite expensive, but once you no longer need to worry about human drivers and don't need to worry overly about a million to 1 chance for things to go wrong, you should be able to use the road a lot more efficiently.