Automated Automobiles in Society

In this paper we inspect the possible societal outcomes of automated road vehicles in private day-to-day use. We inspect the possibilities of personal and joint car ownership and reflect how the automated automobiles affect the personal livesof future road users. We state that there are several possibilities of positive and negative outcomes which may or may not realise depending on how the emerging technology is introduced, legislated, and taken into use. Our argument is that the future is not set and by taking these—and other scenarios—in accordance there are huge potential for these marvels of technology to improve and disrupt our society.