I love this question. And while I’m sure it’s a two way street, I would expect traffic patterns to normalize as pedestrians learn to anticipate what a driverles

I love this question. And while I’m sure it’s a two way street, I would expect traffic patterns to normalize as pedestrians learn to anticipate what a driverless car does. Pedestrians (and culture in general) will wrap itself around the technology. It’s sort of analogous to how wagon roads were different until fast cars required some standardization. The new technology shapes expectations for what normal means in Tempe and in NY and in Pittsburgh. The prssent cultural context assumes that a human brain is driving a car. Take the brain away, and the context has already changed. couldn’t resist. P.s. standardization has beaten back the whimsical variability of culture in fast food, housing, cars, most clothing, computers, phones, etc. I want more whimsical stuff.