Re: We are living through the end of private motoring ...
Availability in urgent need - well, ambulances seem to work.
It is quite likely that the private car will eventually go the way of the private horse.
They will change from an expensive but necessary thing into an even more expensive toy/hobby.
This is a flawed analogy of course because most people didn't own horses, they walked or they hired a horse when they needed one.
So perhaps the driverless car is in fact a faster horse?