Driverless Cars- Scariest Thing Ever?

[Noofly]

Am I the only one completely freaked out by the thought of driverless cars? I can't even bear it when DH uses the self parking gadget on his car. How am I going to cope in a world of robot cars?

(lighthearted in that yes, I will obviously cope, but am I alone in thinking Eeek?!?!?)

My point about rush hour was that most people will want the use the same cars at the same time to go to the same place, but do not want to share. Hence car-sharing is not a big driver for these cars.

They are unlikely to be shared much as most people need them at the same time (rush hour) and people hate sharing the space, which is why most car sharing schemes fail/get little used.

By sharing I didn't mean literally in the same car at the same time, I agree people won't want that. I meant that the same car would be used by multiple people in the course of a day, which means the cost of its depreciation is shared.

Let's say that in an all-driverless world we need the same number of cars in rush-hour as today. However all the cars that are not used in rush-hour can go, with their journeys being taken over by reusing some of the cars that were needed to cope with rush-hour.

Even within rush-hour, people travelling against the flow could reuse a car that had just brought someone the other way.

There is also the savings on parking. How much does it cost a London commuter to park for a day?

I work in software and would actually trust computers over human drivers - not because they're particularly smart (they really aren't) but because they are predictable. Half of the idiots on the road most definitely aren't and I find them incredibly scary at times.

Theoretician So lots of empty cars travelling from the city back to the suburbs and then back to the city later.
Also who decides the priority of the car? Most people who have two cars (ie use outside the rush hour) can be flexible at work, so how long do I have to order my car in advance?
What about the things I carry in my car just in case (umbrella, tissues, sweets, cigarette lighters etc), where do they go in your example?
Also, if I like a nice car, and can afford it, how do you mix basic, mid range, families, luxury etc cars?

Looking forward to it, especially for long motorway drives which require constant concentration over long periods of tedium.