Whether we like it or not, driverless cars seem to be on their way. It might still be many years until the technology is ubiquitous on our roads, but when automated vehicles (AVs) do arrive, they're going to shake things up in a huge way. One of the biggest benefits AVs are expected to bring is improvements to road safety. Human error is the biggest cause of road trauma -- remove human drivers from the equation and the number of those injured or killed on our roads should decrease significantly. As vulnerable road users, cyclists can rightly feel a sense of excitement at the prospect of driverless vehicles.

One of the major benefits of our self-driving future is just how much more gosh-darn productive we're all going to be. Instead of wasting brain power driving our cars to work, we'll sit back and let the ride do it for us. Suddenly, that time can be harnessed for our leisure or, more likely, to cram even more work into our days. But what will happen to all the people like me, who get sick at the thought of sitting in a car? I'm not much of a car guy, because when I think about cars, my overriding memory is vomiting on the side of the highway.