Fully autonomous vehicles are expected to arrive sooner than most predictions, there’s a strong desire to retain some control over robocars and the comfort level with them is growing
Participants in SAE Demo Day in Tampa, Fla. exit after taking a ride in a self-driving vehicle.. Those are some of the results from the just-releasedThe organization conducted four, free, public self-driving car demonstration days between November 2017 and April 2019 in Los Angeles, Tampa and Babcock Ranch, Fla. and Detroit. More than 2,000 robocar rides were taken and surveys before and after each ride were completed by 1,395 participants.
But enthusiasm doesn’t necessarily translate into complete trust. 73% said they would be “most comfortable” with control shared between a human and the self-driving vehicle, while only 36% said they were fine with the vehicle in complete control of itself. While most industry predictions see commercial fleets and ride share services as the most likely initial customers for self-driving vehicles, a slim majority, 56%, said they would prefer to own such a vehicle. Almost a third preferred access to robocars through a subscription or ride share service.
The SAE has recently revised its standards for testing self-driving vehicles, which Moore said “gives a lot more specificity on how these vehicles can be tested on the roads and what the safety drivers undergo to be able to test those.”
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