[c1505]

That might be their current stated preference, but I don't think it will be most people's actual choices. Imagine if self driving was available on every car right now with the press of a button and it was as safe or twice as safe as a normal driver. How many people would press that button, start texting, and just continuing to progress to paying less and less attention ? People already don't pay the attention they should when driving or when using a driver assistant system.

[loeg]

Yeah, not to mention value of time. If I could hop in the car, at the same level of safety as my own driving, and spend the 1.5 hours to trailheads reading a book or even programming, I'd much rather be doing that than paying attention to the road.

[franklampard]

On the contrary, you can argue that button saves lives by doing a better job than the reckless drivers who aren’t going to pay attention in the first place.