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The pace of development, both in terms of technology and sociologically, is ramping up for autonomous cars.
The Society of Manufacturers and Traders brought together a host of stakeholders to talk through some of the major issues, and there are plenty of them before we get to the futuristic dream of a fully autonomous road network.
There are several stages we need to get past before we can arrive at cars that serenely take themselves from here to there, if that ever even happens.
We're already on that path with the quantity of safety systems in modern cars, from city brake crash prevention to lane-keep assist, all of which require driver input and are very clearly an aid to, rather than a replacement for, the human behind the wheel.
The transition will be slow, and requires investment from a number of parties, from Government to car manufacturers, to dovetail to produce a connected road network.
I think the transport minister Robert Goodwill was a little overenthusiastic in branding it a new era for motoring because the changes will be so slow and gradual we'll hardly notice them, until we look back 30 years from now and talk about the old days where drivers had complete control of a vehicle, much as we do now about the likes of cars without seatbelts, airbags or anti-lock brakes. It will, though, be odd to reminisce about a time where road users were at the mercy of the responsibility and skill of other drivers.
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