This field of research is far more advanced than I thought, actually.<p>For instance, in the minute 25:12, they show a graph that compares how often the time to collision among a human driver (a professional one, actually) and the self-driving car. For small reaction times, the self-driving car outperforms the humans by far. It is of course expected, but it shows that driverless cars are not that distant in the future already.<p>The biggest issue is how to avoid those outlier situations, such as a plastic bag being interpreted as an obstacle and making a mess. Fixing these is a huge challenge.
One really nice measure is "how long between having the human take over."<p>A year ago it was every 100 miles. Now it's half a year. (See around 14:20.)
I'd be more impressed with a car-less society.<p>More cars, different cars, smarter cars aren't the answer. It just leads to more roads, more urban sprawl, more pollution on the planet.
Whoever did sound editing/recording for this video needs to learn about levels and ... well, sound editing/recording. I couldn't watch it the sound was so bad.