The Future of Self-Driving Cars

I don't want to sort of fire up the cheer pressure or have people pile on. But this move to self-driving cars is less of a technology battle and more of a battle for hearts and minds. I always thought this was further away in the future than you did. And I now think it's closer. It just seems to be all happening so quickly now. So many trials, so many implementations in sort of real world environments that I thought was a bit further down the road. It's already happening. The news is filled with anomalous events - but is this gaining lots of traction? Or is this just yet another in the endless stream of news stories that just washes by