Seriously, had this kid not been in a car with any kind of lane assist or active braking technologies?   They're not perfect but they're already showing us what the future has in store.   It's simply a matter of time and money...,(reply>), @Aaron How far away are we from Artificial General Intelligence?  Experts predicted it would happen in the 1950s.,(reply>), @Loanword Eggcorn obviously but he seems to think we're decades upon decades away from that if not a full blown century away.   Considering we've gone from 0 assisted driving to cars that can navigate with little to no human input during a 45 min drive(recently a Tesla model 3) in the last 10-20 years we're obviously well on our way.  Again, I really believe there will be a tipping point as these technologies begin to be implemented.  Over a MILLION people die on the roads each year.  Even a small percentage of lives saved would be substantial and once we begin regularly seeing headlines of lives saved because of x or would have been severed if y then I believe there will be a public outcry for the technology.   It will also have the added benefit for cities of helping with the flow of traffic and cut down on infrastructure repairs.   It's coming.... fast,(reply>), Full autonomy is exponentially harder than lane keeping and automatic speed control, particularly on city streets.