Comment Re:Can't wait for self-driving cars (Score 1) 662
Exactly, this is more about the independence that could be given back for the few. My wife and child are basically dependent on me and only me due to having a mildly inconvenient 20 second partial seizure every 6 weeks or so. Since we have crap public transit in this town, when I leave for a conference or to work in a remote site for a couple days, she has to take time off work and we have to plan to have enough $itemX in the house.
Imagine similar issues for someone who can't have their vision corrected good enough or has some other mild disability. Or imagine if you could convince the elderly that this is a fantastic alternative to scraping up the side of their car on the garage every month and being constantly honked at.