> I don't imagine that we'll get away from people who drive because they find it enjoyable any time soon. I can see that there will be a rapid change in social

> I don't imagine that we'll get away from people who drive because they find it enjoyable any time soon. I can see that there will be a rapid change in social attitudes, once automated driving reaches the point where it is generally accepted to kill/maim fewer people than automated driving. Think back 30 years, when it was socially acceptable to light up cigarettes around small children. Now it is socially unacceptable to do so, to the point that it is illegal in many jurisdictions. Where I live, it is illegal to smoke in the vicinity of a school, within 10 metres of a playground or in a car with a child under 16 years [1]. Once a tipping point is reached, where manual driving is widely accepted to be more dangerous that automated driving, manual driving will quickly be banned in the vicinity of schools. There will be resistance and arguments from manual driving aficionados. Eventually, public manual driving will be confined to either remote areas or purpose built facilities, just as public smoking is restricted to open-areas and smoking rooms. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans_in_Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans_in_Austral...