autonomous cars are the gift I am so waiting for. I have hated getting old, and constantly lowering my capabilities. Just imagine how many people have vastly different senses than each of us have. I know legally blind people with driver's licenses. Autonomous cars will make their drives safe/r. Myself I have suffered from retina diseases and strong, quick changes in contrast/light does indeed blind me. That's yet one more reason I drive very cautiously, and rarely take chances like exceeding the speed limit.
On the other hand, even in my diminished state I have whooped boy racers' A$$E$! I won my first parking lot style event, that I had no idea was going to be a competition, at a Ford even in a Ford ST. Got a $400 GoPro for being the fastest of the morning laps. Yay ME! Ha ha boy racers!
But, again, 'robot cars' will offer safe transportation to so many and be a Godsend.