The self driving car entry is up your alley. The reasoning is rather unrelated to the possibilities of the technology itself.
Please elaborate.
Self-driving cars will be a boon: tell it where to go and you’re there; traffic will flow far smoother when most vehicles are automated.
Odd side effect: motels per se will disappear. Being able to drive a full trip in one shot (automatically recharging along the way) will leave passengers willing to just sleep in the car en route, rather than wasting hours of time sleeping (in some cheesy motel) without moving.
Parking lots will change immensely, if not disappear altogether.
Self-driving cars will drop you off, then either go find somewhere to park (no need for human convenience, as it will come get you on request), or will contribute to massive traffic congestion caused by idle vehicles driving in circles when electricity cost of doing so is less than renting a parking space for a given duration.
Unspoken social contract?! And the guy forgot about subways where the driver has no idea what’s going on. also about all the train wrecks that happen because the driver isn’t actually good at his job.