Google says autonomous cars will be available “relatively soon” and people will accept them in their lives faster than some observers have expected.

“It’s not coming until we’re confident about your safety,” said Ron Medford, director of safety for Google’s Self-Driving Cars program and former deputy director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). “It’ll be relatively soon but we don’t have a date to put on it. It’ll be a gradual rollout. It’s not going to be replacing the 265 million vehicles on the road in a day… Over time, it will roll out and acceptance will come faster than many people might believe today.”

He added that he expects the arrival of autonomous cars to have a dramatic effect on our lives.

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