The organization PAVE carried out a survey on autonomous driving in the USA.
PAVE is an abbreviation for Partners for Automated Vehicle Education and consists of representatives from industry, research and non-profit organizations. The organization’s survey was aimed at around 1,200 people in the United States and had that Autonomous driving on the subject.
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As a result, three quarters of the respondents said that autonomous driving was not yet ready. 48 percent said they would never get into a self-driving car. The reasons for the lack trust the study makers see ignorance of technology. The concept of autonomous driving would also cause confusion. In addition, only 34 percent stated that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of autonomous driving.
The respondents themselves indicated little or nothing about the fatal accident in Tempe with an Uber test car or the fatal one Accidents with the Tesla models to know. Therefore, the researchers believe that the lack of trust results from the lack of knowledge.
The less knowledge there was, the more people said they never wanted to get into such a car. 60 percent supported the thesis by saying that they would have more confidence if they could understand the technology better. 58 percent would go for one Experience with rethinking their skepticism.
The study also asked the test subjects about assistance systems. About half of the respondents had modern ones themselves Assistance systems in their vehicles. They were more positive about autonomous vehicle technology than people without these systems. 82 percent had a good understanding of the systems, 75 percent were already looking forward to extensions in the next vehicle.
Ignorance about the technology leads to further problems. 19 percent of those questioned believed that it was already possible to buy an autonomous car today. 26 percent had no answer to the question. Above all, people who had a parking system or an autonomous emergency brake thought that autonomous vehicles were already on the market.
39 percent were confused by the naming. This affected vehicles at level 2, like Teslas Autopilot or GMs Super cruise. Another result was that people with Disabilities were more open to technology than the general public.
A confidence increase would result if the vehicles run under 40 km / h. This was stated by 25 percent of the respondents. The acceptance rate for freight transport is 51 percent. There were also differences in terms. People preferred “self-driving cars” rather than “autonomous cars”.
About David Fluhr
I have been writing about autonomous & connected driving since 2011 and also report on it on other sites, such as the Smart Mobility Hub. I studied social sciences at HU Berlin and have been an independent journalist since 2012. Contact: mail@autonomes-fahren.de