Exactly my thoughts. Just today I was told at the annual inspection what I had suspected: one of the inner tie rod ends will have to be replaced. That in itself is not expensive, only a couple of hundred, but if there's something else wrong with the steering system... I would LOVE to be free of all those worries and expenses.
I think it won't take long once the ball gets rolling and it could lower the prices for everyone and free up some resources for more important things.
Autonomous driving will be introduced in stages. It will probably take about 10-15 years before the first fully driverless cars will become legal.