Comment Re:"Promise a future where we can sip cocktails" (Score 1) 362
I would think that a specific *goal* would be to have a car with enough independence that the passengers could be drinking, though only as a specific use coase of the more general category "unable to drive" due to physical or mental handicap, incapacity, ability, age-related infirmity, or even a frivolous desire to concentrate on something else, be it reading, work, or companion(s). On the other hand, if you need a license to be a passenger, then a very significant portion of the potential utility is missing. One would expect that you need a license to take individual control, and perhaps to be able to drive outside of a control grid area.