What will we do with all the free time promised by the proponents of self-driving cars? We certainly will not be able to clean the gutters or mow the lawn.  We won’t be able to do the laundry, make the beds, shovel snow, paint the house, rake leaves, or do the marketing. No strolling though the park.  Swimming would be out of the question as would be playing baseball or football, golfing, jogging, bowling, skiing, and any other sports.  We couldn’t dine out or barbecue or visit a museum, the Grand Canyon, or the White House.  We couldn’t even just be at home while some plumber or carpenter performs work on the house, and we couldn’t pass the time of day with a neighbor.  It would be impossible to give the dog a bath or go to the dentist, play catch or shoot some hoops after supper, cook, put the kids to bed, go fishing, boating, hunting, or countless other things.  Truth is we won’t be able to do anything that can’t be done in a car.

Well, okay.  That still leaves reading, texting, sending emails, making business phone calls, shopping online, using social media, playing cyber games, crocheting, taking a nap, cuddling-up, looking at the scenery, and watching TV.

About 2/3 of people are susceptible to motion sickness, so scratch many of those  activities for the majority of us.  What the heck are we going to do with all that free time riding around in self-driving vehicles?

Oh yeah.  Of course!  Perfect!  Play virtual reality driving games.