Originally Posted by tandempower

For LCF, the only benefit of driverless cars is to reduce land-waste on parking lots and pavements so that destinations will be closer together and thus easier to walk/bike between. Obviously we are stuck in a situation where no one wants to give up driving because it is inconvenient to LCF, so infrastructure continues to be maintained for the sake of driving convenience where ubiquitous driving is assumed. Driverless cars have the potential to reduce the number of cars per capita if they are used properly, but obviously the problem happens when people insist that they have the right to use them in whatever way they please and how dare anyone tell them that their way is 'incorrect?!?!'