Consumers don’t want autonomous cars
Google and several carmakers are hard at work developing autonomous cars, but do consumers actually want them? The answer is no.
A new survey says most consumers would not buy a self-driving car. The survey found that only a mere 18% of thousands of adults that took part would want to own an autonomous car.
It seems that, despite the technological advances, average drivers are hesitant to trust their lives to a machine- is this really surprising? Two-thirds of the survey respondents said they didn’t feel comfortable riding in a self-driving car, and only 22% would feel confident allowing their loved ones to ride in one.
The survey also found that there’s a line between allowing a car to do more of the work and letting it take over completely. 88% said they’d pay extra for a lane departure warning system, 77% would do the same for a forward collision warning system with automatic braking, 70% would go for adaptive cruise control, and 30% would pony up for self-parking. So basically, people want to do as little as possible while driving, but the still want to be in control.
(Source: Digital Trends)