I love driving. The feel of piloting a road vehicle properly and successfully is so enjoyable. But... what I don't love is the substandard skills of other drivers. I've seen too many idiots on the road... that it kills the whole pleasure of driving.
What I think would make more sense in the future is where personal vehicles are no longer permitted in large cities. If you want to go to the city, you either take public transportation or hire an automated car. An automated car is far more sensible than manual driving, as you're free to socialize or do other things on the journey. If you're visiting from a distance and want to have your own private vehicle nearby, you simply park at a peripheral parking hub where public transportation and automated vehicles are readily available.
Automated driving technology is here, just in the midst of being perfected. Next is to make it more affordable. What we will see first is hybrid vehicles that allow manual driving but are automated where roads permit it. Highways makes a lot of sense for automated driving, as traffic risks will be minimal, especially if all vehicles are mandated to be in automatic driving mode. Older vehicles without the feature will have a designated lane for that, not unlike "HOV"... but will inevitably be slower, instead of faster. Eventually, there will be a point where fossil fueled manual vehicles will be outlawed on many major streets. Owners who have such vehicles will have limited areas where they can drive them... until the costs of ownership are just too unwieldy to warrant ownership (such as super high fuel costs, expensive repair costs, and significant taxes).
