Yeah, reading this article I get the feeling the author was raised in, and has only resided in, a major metropolitan era.

Sounds like they're just starting to work on inclement weather on pavement while I'm wondering how they're going to handle the farmer who wants to drive through that ditch with tall grass that will obscure the camera and 3d point mapping. Not to mention straddling that rock they know is there so it doesn't hit the pumpkin under the truck. Then backing up to the trailer of firewood which needs to be maneuvered slowly with one wheel going over a rock to narrowly avoid that tree on the other side.

Anyone who thinks manual driving is completely going away in the next 15 to 20 years either has poor grasp on the technical issues or is just failing to think of all the edge cases.

You rock, rock.