Self-driving cars are expected to provide significant benefits to urban populations by reducing the necessity and high costs of parking.

“of course a self-driving car would I think benefit City people the most okay I think about it right we're gonna park a car how much does it cost to park a car you know one of the great measures of the cost of living in the city a couple years ago was when the monthly rental would in that rental what”

Car communication with other vehicles presents an intrusive and creepy loss of privacy.

“See this is where the stuff just gets creepy, man. This is what I'm talking about, this is-- - Don't want your car to know? - I don't want my car talking to no other cars. Do not talk to any other cars.”

Self-driving cars are generally acceptable and preferable to human drivers if they are well regulated.

“overall if I were to compare it to the dangers of humans driving cars, I'm probably okay with the self-driving cars if it's well regulated, that's the big if, right?”

Full autonomy is not yet ready for general application, but rather requires incremental testing in specific geographic areas before broader expansion.

“people think that within 3 4 years they can make a fully self-driving car but not one that can drive anywhere or handle any conditions they think that you start by making a cars capabilities like this but that can only drive in this biggest space”

Autonomous vehicles should replace traditional automobiles to eliminate current industry inefficiencies and risks like fatalities, oil dependency, and climate change.

“as I thought about reinventing the automobile that was really reinventing the entire system and this new DNA that surfaced was really electrically driven with diverse sources of energy cars that are connected communicating with each other and along the roadway very importantly cars that could drive ”

She notes the inconsistency in ride prices for self-driving cars, comparing it to the wild west.

“So, it is so inconsistent. It is the wild wild west.”

She finds self-driving cars to be a soothing and relaxing experience.

“It is so soothing. It is so relaxing. It is unlike anything else.”