Supposedly, you won't even have a car in the age of self-driving cars. People will simply summon a ride via an Uber-type app and get chauffeured by the self-driving car to where they are going; same for the return trip.
I frankly don't see it happening in our lifetimes. It's like those flying cars that are always shown in depictions of the future. They're a looooong way off IMO.
I don't think they are that long off. I fully expect that self-driving trucks will be common on the highways within 5 years. At first, they will be required to have drivers, who will use the self driving feature like a pilot uses autopilot. Eventually, the truck drivers will be eliminated completely.
Self driving cars in cities is more problematic. They are safer if everyone is using them. Not so much when they are competing with human drivers in crowded traffic.
“I frankly don’t see it happening in our lifetimes. It’s like those flying cars that are always shown in depictions of the future. They’re a looooong way off IMO.”
Check this out!
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/20/technology/airbus-flying-taxi/
And what happens when a large event (e.g. a concert or game) ends, and thousands of people suddenly summon a Uber-type service? Will people, angry over long waits, get into brawls over Ubercars as they arrive? Will people be killed?
Of course, such events may well be banned as climate threats by then so it won't matter.