A new research claims that four out of five people in the United States would not want to ride in fully autonomous vehicles despite many companies venturing into the self-driving industry.
Automotive News reported that 46 percent of the sample population in the survey opted to ride a car with no self-driving features over those that are partially and completely self-driving. The study was made by University of Michigan's Brandon Schoettle and Michael Sivak. The study also found that 39 percent only were in favor of partially self-driving vehicles and 16 percent would pick a completely self-driving car over the other two cars.
As per the study, younger drivers were the ones found out to prefer completely self-driving cars. The younger people that were part of the study were ages 18 to 29 and 19 percent of them said they would drive autonomous cars as opposed to the 9.6 percent of the 60-year-olds or older wanting to drive a self-driving vehicle.
As for the 30-44 age group, 22 percent said they would go for fully self-driving vehicles, 43 percent opted for the partially and 35 percent were in favor of vehicles that had no self-driving features.
ZD Net reported that the study surveyed a total of 618 licensed drivers in the U.S. and 94.5 of them said they would prefer vehicles that are self-driving would still have a steering wheel, a gas pedal, and a break pedal.
CIO also reported that Schoettle, the project manager of the University of Michigan's sustainable worldwide transportation program and the lead author of the study, believe that safety issues are the number one concern that is why there is a low turnout for the people wanting to drive fully self-driving vehicles. Schoettle also said that he expects the percentage will change in the coming months and years as consumers will be able to try the new technology.
Other experts are saying that another reason for the wariness of the people over the self-driving industry is the question whether drivers can safely regain control of an autonomous car, both partially and fully, when an emergency strikes.
Due to many companies and manufacturer testing the waters for self-driving vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to come up with a number of guidelines for the autonomous industry by July this year.
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