Do You? AAA Study Shows The The Average American Does NOT Trust Self-Driving Cars

There is something uncanny about a car that can drive itself. If you transplanted the world’s first motorists into a modern autonomous vehicle and let it lose on a track, they’d probably surmise witchcraft as the only plausible explanation and jump out in terror. Humans are innately distrustful of anything unfamiliar — it’s an important part of our survival strategy as a species. With that in mind, it isn’t surprising to hear that many Americans are a little wary of self-driving cars.

However, a recent study from the American Automobile Association suggests it might be more serious than that. The vast majority of surveyed Americans admitted to being “afraid” of riding in an autonomous vehicle while over half said they felt less safe at the prospect of sharing the road with driverless technology. This isn’t likely to be welcome news for automakers, considering that every major manufacturer is currently investing heavily into the computer and industrial sciences required to make autonomous tech possible.
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Agent009 - 3/8/2017 2:37:02 PM

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At this point? No way......

TheSteve - 3/8/2017 4:37:22 PM

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Agent009: +1

SanJoseDriver - 3/8/2017 10:17:28 PM

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Of course they don't, they have had almost no exposure to them outside of people that live in SV and even then they are very rare. You would have to be completely blind to not see that autonomous is the eventual future for cars, the only question is the timeline.

Tiberius1701A - 3/9/2017 8:20:17 AM

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Westworld...(Yul Brenner version) Need I say more? If you don't want to drive..take a bus, or cab, or train.

MDarringer - 3/10/2017 8:37:11 AM

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AMEN!!

SanJoseDriver - 3/15/2017 8:47:41 PM

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The only way anyone has ever hacked a Tesla is with access to the inside of the car. The Chinese team had to hard connect to the car's computer, so far nobody was able to hack the car remotely or via wireless.

Julius - 3/9/2017 10:01:07 PM

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Why buying a car if it's a self-driving car? Mega Tron is that you? Kidding aside, of course, it can not be trusted since a car is only a machine, a brainless machine :) that a human should maneuver always. Anyways, it caught my attention :) Fun to read! http://www.timsautobodyinc.com/