[sandworm101]

> will open and close the door for you, you can fall asleep, and several hours later wake up at your destination.

Not going to happen. Seatbelts and upright seats meant for crashes are not going away even if the robots do all the driving. And I have yet to see any attempt at a robocar capable of understanding and interacting with today's chaotic and haphazard parking rules.

Heaven help us should all passengers be required to sign user agreements and watch in-car safety vids, but that could be a reality. I've got a BMW that already asks me to "agree" a contract for the navigation system every time I start.

[Johnny555]

Wearing a seatbelt and sitting (mostly) upright is not orthogonal to sleeping - people sleep in barely reclining airline seats all the time, on long car trips my wife and I take turns dozing in the passenger seat, with seatbelt secure and seat back only slightly reclined.

Self driving cars don't have to park where there are haphazard parking rules, they can drive to a garage or lot that caters to self-driving cars.

[cthalupa]

Why can't you fall asleep with a seatbelt and upright seat? I've done it as a passenger many times