Was talking to my dad about this When cruse control first came out years ago people were hesitant to use it as it was seen as taking the control away from the driver. Over the years from the time of the old manual cars things have progressed at a steady rate improving what a car can do for us. If I look at myself these days when I am on the open road all I now need to do is steer the car, the car does everything else. So is the next step now that of the car steering itself and making it even safer for us all round with added built in safety devices. Even though yes, technology is not 100% reliable.
self driving cars do begs the question "will a driving license and test pass be required?" Guessing they will need a little bit of human interaction.