[ceejayoz]

My wife sees a neurosurgeon who's an eight hour round trip away. I've driven her there and back at least six times this year.

With a Google car, I'd a) be able to send her by herself and b) even if I had to come, I could work on the way, meaning I'd have more than a week's worth of vacation/sick time restored.

Yes, I'd happily accept ads.

[tedunangst]

You could also hire a limo. I suppose in the future you'll be able to rent a google car for a day, but you don't have to wait for self-driving cars. They're here today, the self just happens to be a human.

[ericd]

That's not really reasonably cost effective for most people.

[ams6110]

Having a full-time driver on retainer 24x7 is not cost effective, but using one a few times a year might well be.

[ericd]

For an 8 hour drive? Still not true, especially with a limo.

[sp332]

Neither is a Google car, though. Adding self-driving requires five figures, probably even in production.

[danweber]

I think $10,000 is a big over-estimate, but even that would be spread out over the life of the car. I'd happily pay $1000 a year to not have to worry about driving.

[tedunangst]

I'd happily pay $1000 a year for a car that doesn't drive itself.

[ceejayoz]

A limo with a driver is always going to be fairly expensive. A self-driving car should come down in price a lot faster.