Study: People Don't Want Autonomous Cars To Do All The Driving - Washington Post
By now, everyone seems to understand that autonomous cars are the way of the future. Self-driving vehicles promise to reduce the number of automobile accidents on our roads, keep traffic humming along, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ALSO SEE: Another Study Agrees: Autonomous Cars Will Annihilate City Budgets & Send Flo To The Poorhouse. But according to Brandon Schoettle and Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, there's one group of people who aren't all that excited about autonomous vehicles -- namely, drivers. Schoettle and Sivak conducted an online survey of 505 licensed drivers to gauge their thoughts about autonomous vehicles. The survey size seems a bit small to be definitive, but at the very least, it points to some interesting attitudes about autonomous cars. CHECK OUT: 2016 GMC Sierra 1500 First Look. It may seem scary or weird to let a car drive itself around town, but the data shows that human drivers can't do any better. This tension between facts and feelings is undoubtedly going to be one of the major hurdles that automakers have to overcome in selling autonomous vehicles to a nervous public. Are you afraid of self-driving cars. Vehicle manufacturers are considering using one of three levels of automation in future vehicles. Source: www.washingtonpost.com
