Yes, it is ironic but whilst human operated vehicles are still using the roads it actually requires much more sophisticated autonomous vehicles to 'join in'. A

Yes, it is ironic but whilst human operated vehicles are still using the roads it actually requires much more sophisticated autonomous vehicles to 'join in'. Automated vehicles will greatly benefit us be being able communicate their intentions to each other allowing roads to run more freely as continuous adjustments to speed and direction make stopping for traffic virtually obsolete. Now throw an essentially unpredictable human driven vehicle into the mix and you get problems and the onus will be on automated vehicles to deal with this.