I don’t understand what the big hurry is.
There are plenty of processes and activities that could be automated without the dangers and paradigm shift that are inherent in driverless vehicles on public roadways.
Trains is a great example, but there are plenty of others.
What’s the fixation on skipping all the incremental parts and doing cars and trucks first?
“I don’t understand what the big hurry is.
...plenty ...could be automated without the dangers ...inherent in driverless vehicles”
That has been happening. Every years’ new models take steps closer - anti-lock brakes, back-up cameras, lane drift warnings, collision avoidance auto-braking, GPS navigation, built-in diagnostics, self-parking, etc..
The technology is just ripening, to point that we are close to harvesting big cost and safety savings, by reducing the expensive and error-prone human components in the system.
I guess people will just have to all go work for the government as every other sector automates and downsizes or offshores or pays illegal labor under the table in cash.