Yes it is sad to say that society changes all the time some things good and other things bad. In my opinion, problem is travel has become such a hassle with traffic tie ups and such that people care more about the destination than the experience of the trip. When is the last time you saw a major ad for any car, truck or M/C for that matter that sold itself on the joy of driving and the performance and handling features? It seems now that the average buyer wants to know more about all the electronic bells and whistles and how his smart phone ties in with the transportation and mega entertainment system.
For the sake of convenience and immediate gratification we have already given up much freedom of movement and anonymity by things like smart phone location tracking, E-Z Pass tolling, highway and security cameras everywhere, internet cookies tracking you browser histories, not to mention also credit card tracking etc.
I feel the days of enjoying the "driving experience" is dwindling and getting around is going to be more of a basic transportation thing that people want to get from point a to point b without the "worries" of driving to get there.
I do hate to see this long transition period though since many deaths, injuries and property damage will occur until true accurate and close to 100% safety is reached in the automated system. Now we have many accidents caused by human error from the various forms of distracted driving and when the "machines take over" we will see many deaths ,injuries and damage due to mechanical failures or programing errors etc.
Just hope one of my family members are not one of the victims......