My daughter participated in the community theater production this summer and at my house we spent much time fantasizing about self driving cars so we could avoid those pickups and drop offs. In my dream scenario, the time and place of the events would be sent to the self driving carpool van along with the addresses of the kids participating. The self driving van would arrange its own carpool route to pick up and drop off the kids. I am definitely not interested in the burden of owning another vehicle. And I definitely don't want to spend more time in the car. For me, the benefit of self driving cars would be improved safety and less time spent driving (or riding) for me.