Perfect point, you hit the nail right on the head with this: "and worse, the even sloppier and more brain dead drivers created in 5-10 years and on..."
For instance, I don't like being in rental cars. Why? I have a hard time parallel parking rental cars. I have become reliant upon parking sensors on my personal car.
Over a hundred years ago, Wilhelm Maybach invented the high speed gasoline engine and revolutionized our transportation industry.
Now, we have traffic, car accidents, monstrous pollution problems, etc. Is the world a better place?