[sujal]

Does anyone remember that awful Schwarzenegger movie, the Sixth Day? It seems like the cars could work like the ones from the movie at the current stage. Basically they take over for the long, boring part of the ride and then hand control over for the trickier local bits. That way, when I make the long trip to my parents' house or my in laws, for example, I can hand over control for the parts where I might get tired, distracted by my son, etc. That capability would be a huge win for me.

[amirmc]

That's a great interim step but ultimately people still have to learn to drive. There may even be an increase in risk as you become less skilled at the things you don't do very often (when the car hands you control, the cognitive load could be overwhelming).

It'll be great when we can do away with the need for learning how to drive at all.