Just responding to a few points in discussion. After decades of yearning, I finally got to drive a red Mustang down Route 66. And a yellow Camaro in Chicago. They look great - not as good as the originals IMHO - but frankly I prefer my 2015 Golf wagon. American cars rarely impress me as efficient driving machines.
The Golf is what I use for Ubering. It's a pleasant, comfortable ride, has enough room for luggage, though perhaps a little squeezy in the back on the rare occasions I have four passengers. It has all the options, including reverse and nose-in parking, adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance.
I look on these last as the first washings of what will eventually become consumer self-driving cars. I tested the parking features, but frankly, after decades of driving and five years as a cabbie, I can park a car reasonably well. The sensors and especially the rear-view camera help when things get tight. There's a lot of beeping, which soon gets old.
The adaptive cruise control is something I use a lot. I'm on the road enough that I go through any number of speed cameras, so I set the thing to the speed limit plus a little over. Been years since I got a speeding ticket. Usually the system follows the car ahead nicely, with perhaps a little more buffer than I'd like, as other cars will dive in if I let them, and that slows me down even more. Occasionally the thing gets confused by a car turning, or a cyclist, and it will slow me down when there's no real need. The collision avoidance hasn't had a full scale test - yet - but it has issued warnings and begun slowing me firmly down on occasion.
There's a pedestrian bridge across Coranderrk Street that flummoxes the car's brain. For some reason it pings off the supports and tells me that I'm about to be T-boned. With some beeping, of course.
I guess more recent models are smarter, but I do wonder about robot cars, They might spend a lot of time slowing down and avoiding hazards that aren't actually there.
What would be really useful around Canberra at night is a kangaroo detection system. Preferably coupled with vehicle-mounted weapons, though this might be tough on late night pedestrians.