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several car makers have announced autonomous functionality as soon as
the 2017 model year.

I've seen a lot of testing going on with such things, but I still thinks
it's a decade or more away from fully autonomous cars being the norm on
the roads.

The manufacturers currently (and of course plans may change) have a
range of dates for introducing self-driving cars. Some are talking
about 2020 while others are saying 2025 or later.

try 2017:
http://www.computerworld.com/article...hnology/volvo-
unveils-self-driving-concept-car-promises-fleet-by-2017.html

The reality is that no matter when (or if) these cars do get released,
they will be so hideously expensive to begin with that there will be
very few of them on the roads and it'll take another 5-10 years for the
technology starts to trickle down to more "normal" cars, and a further
10-20+ years before the majority of cars on roads are self-driving.

also wrong, nor does it need to be the majority of vehicles.

Even then, many of the manufacturers are planning to have their cars
include self-driving as an option and leaving it up to the driver
whether or not they want to be in control on a journey-by-journey
basis.

they're doing that not because of choice, but because stupid lawmakers
are requiring it.

It's going to be a long long time before *all* cars on the road are
self-driving.

that does not need to happen for there to be massive benefits.