Never underestimate the regulatory influence of insurance companies.  They are the ones who will call the shots when it comes to driverless car adoption, and I suspect they&#x27;ll be all for it.  Every year, we lose about 30,000 people on the roadways in the US alone.  There are <i>massive</i> incentives in almost all corners of society to eliminate human drivers as rapidly as possible.<p>I&#x27;m what you&#x27;d call an &quot;enthusiast&quot; driver, but I&#x27;m not going to stand in the way of autonomous cars even though it will mean the end of an activity I enjoy.  The upside is just too great to reject for the sake of what amounts to a hobby.  We&#x27;re about to find out if Ferry Porsche was right when he said, &quot;The last car on Earth will be a sports car.&quot;