I think when cars themselves came about, speeds of 10mph were considered breakneck and dangerous. I remember reading an old crash report where the author claimed that the driver must have been going at least 10mph and thought it was lucky nobody was hurt.
I guess to gain the trust of the public and politicians, self-driving cars must go through a similar process. I have met people who have said self-driving cars will never take off, never match the skill of a well trained manual driver and that they dont trust them. I guess it's slightly biased in that they have been driving for many years, one was my driving instructor and all are not considered technologists.
I'm looking forward to the experience, personally. I do, however, enjoy driving :)
Early cars also had wooden wheels, no tyres (well, strips of rubber, but no air), and no suspension to speak of. Going 10mph in one of them probably would've felt like 50mph in a modern car!
People would have had experience travelling at speed because of trains. Even horses can travel faster than that. I do remember reading about the first train and there was worry that people couldn't survive at speeds greater than 25 mph.
I guess to gain the trust of the public and politicians, self-driving cars must go through a similar process. I have met people who have said self-driving cars will never take off, never match the skill of a well trained manual driver and that they dont trust them. I guess it's slightly biased in that they have been driving for many years, one was my driving instructor and all are not considered technologists.
I'm looking forward to the experience, personally. I do, however, enjoy driving :)