I must be missing something, because it seems like Mr. Mindell is saying cars <i>shouldn&#x27;t</i> be fully driverless because they <i>can&#x27;t</i> be.  He cites numerous examples of other promised automation technologies that seem to have become a pipe dream over the past several decades.<p>Except, Google&#x27;s driverless cars have now logged over a million fully automated miles.  It is a proven technology.  These aren&#x27;t exploratory machines going where no human has gone before, they&#x27;re out there on the road doing what we&#x27;ve all been doing for a hundred years already.<p>I get the impression this article is just a shill for his book.