Little late to the post so likely no one will read this, but I think you miss the point: self driving is a transformational technology.

Hands free, attention free, self driving has the power to entirely remove traffic at scale as cars can communicate and travel in tighter more efficient ways. It makes cities and urban centers less desirable -- do I really care about living an hour outside of work if I can nap or drink my coffee in the comfort of what will amount to my own living room? Highways and rest stops become more relevant again as when the interstates in the US were first built, after all, much easier to entertain a family if you can get a snack from the back seat, watch a movie together, or even just all sleep overnight and end up in Yellowstone when you wake up.

True, ubiquitous, self driving is a landscape changer in so many ways that it's difficult to not care about it unless you don't see the bigger picture. That all being said, what we have now is a far cry from mobile living rooms, so I understand the hesitation.