A new study shows a gigantic disconnect: while most Americans expect autonomous vehicles to command the road by 2050, they don’t trust them.
The study by the research firm, Morning Consultant, found that there isn’t a great deal of difference of opinion based on age. The company presented its findings at
Autos 2050, a public policy and auto technology conference last month in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the not-for-profit Alliance for Transportation Innovation.
“Some 52 percent say they somewhat or totally distrust autonomous vehicles. There are even higher levels of concern for some specific trust issues, such as technology glitches (79 percent very or somewhat concerned); overall road safety (79 percent); safety of driverless and human-driven cars on the road at the same time (78 percent); and privacy protections for personal data collected by the cars, such as GPS tracking (66 percent).”
