[xr4ti]

It's actually probably an easier sell outside of major population centers, especially if marketed as an advanced form of cruise control, which people already use on long, straight shots down country highways.

I think people would be much more inclined to trust self driving tech in these scenarios than in congested traffic with complex intersections and people unexpectedly darting this way and that with little to no warning.

[ghaff]

That's more or less where the major auto manufacturers are all headed in the near- to mid-term. I realize a lot of people don't get excited by something that isn't on-demand door-to-door transportation. But it seems fairly obvious that full highway self-driving, especially limited access highway driving, is a much easier problem that is mostly solved today. It could end up being decades ahead of general-purpose everywhere/when autonomy. The only real question in my mind is when you transition from systems that are at least nominally assistive to hands off the wheel under certain conditions.