There's No Such Thing as Self-Driving Cars, Not Yet Anyway » AutoGuide.com News

As clickbait-y as that headline reads and sounds, it's true. According to Silicon Valley's claims in 2015 we should have been in cars bereft of drivers by now. We were promised an influx of fully autonomous cars by the year 2020. But as things stand today, that future is unlikely to become a reality in our lifetimes. Before we delve into the why, here is a teeny-tiny backgrounder.