Benefits:

♤ Safer roads with fewer traffic collisions and therefore a reduction road injuries and road deaths

♤ Increased roadway capacity and reduced traffic congestion due to reduced need of safety gaps and the ability to manage traffic flow more efficiently

♤ Reduced journey times as fewer traffic jams.

♤ If all cars were autonomous speed limits could possibly be increased whilst remaining safe.

♤ Drivers would no longer have the physical and mental exertion of manual driving.