Awareness, Fear of Self-Driving Autos Rising, Cox Automotive Finds
Awareness of autonomous driving is rising, as are perceptions it’s unsafe, Cox Automotive found in canvassing 1,250 adults online in May. Eighty-four percent would ride in a self-driving vehicle if given the option of taking control of the wheel; 16…
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percent feel comfortable riding without that. Those saying roadways would be safer if all vehicles were fully autonomous decreased 18 percentage points in the past two years. Forty-nine percent will “never” consider buying a vehicle with full Level 5 autonomy on the Society of Automotive Engineers scale, compared with 30 percent two years ago. “Recent high-profile accidents involving autonomous vehicles have cast a shadow on driverless appeal and software, but the accidents may only be slightly to blame for a change in consumer sentiment,” said Cox Thursday. Three-quarters think fully autonomous vehicles need “real world testing to be perfected,” with 54 percent hoping that occurs far from where they live.