This is a huge step forward! I see a tremendous amount of benefits for self-driving cars. There will be no more drunk driving, no more distracted driving, and far fewer accidents. People spend a lot of their time every day driving, but with a self-driving car, they'll be able to be productive during that time. Furthermore, people are so stressed out and mad while driving; it seems like no where else they get as mad as when they're road raging. I think self driving cars will get rid of that stress and anger.

Of course we'll see accidents and failures of the automated systems at times. But engineers will learn from mistakes and over time we'll achieve much safer roadways.