The first to use this technology will be long-haul cargo companies, and it will happen when the technology will be cheaper than having truck drivers employed, and when the safety is good enough.
I imagine a scenario where trucks will drive themselves at night, over the long distances, when few people are around, and when they get close to cities, a real truck driver will jump in and navigate to the end destination, in the day, when there's a lot of people around.
And not until people are used to self-driving trucks will the tech be available for personal transportation, even though the technology will be good enough and increase safety before that.
(In the same way self-flying airplanes will come to cargo transports first, and human transport much later)
I imagine a scenario where trucks will drive themselves at night, over the long distances, when few people are around, and when they get close to cities, a real truck driver will jump in and navigate to the end destination, in the day, when there's a lot of people around.
And not until people are used to self-driving trucks will the tech be available for personal transportation, even though the technology will be good enough and increase safety before that.
(In the same way self-flying airplanes will come to cargo transports first, and human transport much later)