Oh WORD... This is EXACTLY the Droid I've Been Looking For.

The geeks at Smart Mobs point to a post by another geek, Roland Piquepaille: Will Our Cars Become Our Chauffeurs?

Both are in response to this article:

Self-Navigating Vehicle

NOW we're talking.

First thing I note: they use a different term for essentially the ONLY concept this here blog has to offer (people shouldn't drive) than the ones I've used, such as Robotic Car or Robotic Taxi.

Their term is Self-navigating Vehicle.

It doesn't connote confrontation between people and robots; rather than "No steering wheel for you!", it suggests something like "Look how convenient this would be!"

Maybe that's the right approach to take, I'm not sure.

Anyway, it's a great article, and addresses what I see as the main issue:

The technology is inevitable, what isn't inevitable is popular acceptance of the concept.