<i>Self-driving cars seem likely but are not inevitable.</i><p>Yes they are inevitable.<p><i>All sorts of safety-enhancing technologies are dropped</i><p>Self-driving cars are not only a &quot;safety-enhancing technology&quot;.<p>First and foremost they are a money-saving technology.<p>Over 4 million people are employed in the USA transportation
industry[1]. 1.7 million of them are truck drivers[2].<p>Global logistics companies will save billions of dollars per year by upgrading their fleets to self-driving vehicles.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;emp&#x2F;ep_table_201.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;emp&#x2F;ep_table_201.htm</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;ooh&#x2F;transportation-and-material-moving&#x2F;heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;ooh&#x2F;transportation-and-material-moving&#x2F;he...</a>