> With around 2175 road deaths in the UK in 2012, I truly believe driverless cars are the only way we will ever see a massive reduction in this fatality rate.

> With around 2175 road deaths in the UK in 2012, I truly believe driverless cars are the only way we will ever see a massive reduction in this fatality rate. Uhh what? Road fatalities have been decreasing year upon year since at least 1940(!). Want to see a "massive" decrease: Road fatalities have fallen by wopping 81% since then. In the 2000s most years had a 12% (!) reduction in car deaths in the UK compared to the previous year (admittedly 2010 didn't trend that way, and it flattened in 2012-2013). 1,713 is the 2013 figure. By comparison the UK's suicide rate in the same year was 5,981. 2,955 from "drug related poisonings" (i.e. overdoses). I think it is laughable to suggest driverless cars are about safety primarily. Cars are relatively safe and only getting safer (e.g. radar cruise control, auto-breaking, partial side impact crush zones, etc). The primary benefit of driverless cars is convenience. It is pretty darn convenient to get an extra 2 hours of usable time per day because you don't have to drive to or from work (and don't have to pay a third party to drive you).