But seriously, I know the tech heads and futurists are all a lather about the very thought of us all never having to drive again, but apart from getting to work without waking up what is the point?

Fewer accidents? Perhaps, if and when every single car doesn’t have a human factor to f… up.

Better for the environment? Well since all of Australia’s sales in electric and hybrid cars, including government, taxis and rental only add up to .0934% of vehicles sold this year and electric has been around now at least ten years, I would say our environment is not going to benefit too much.

Cost less? I don’t think so. If electric cars have taught us anything, electricity and new technology are damned expensive, and who has even mentioned the specialist servicing and the roadside infrastructure. We can’t even get speed cameras to work without technical faults so I can’t wait to see ten vehicles all heading for the same intersection with robots behind the wheel and one decides to get a virus.

There is one individual in my house who is looking forward to it, my dog. He loves getting behind the wheel even when I am driving, so he is just going to have a ball when that seat is free for him to sit there.