Comment Re: Markets, not people (Score 1) 615
Most people, though, can't afford that. Things that are affordable only by the affluent aren't going to save significant numbers of lives.
A more likely road to self-driving cars is trucks and cabs first. Once autonomous cabs are ubiquitous, the cost of a cab ride goes down by the cost of employing a driver. Cabs become a more often chosen transportation means. It will be autonomous buses for heavy-traffic routes (very cheap), autonomous cabs for most trips (still cheap) and cars (manual and autonomous) for wealthier people.