ME50392

Which one of the following aspects would you consider to be most important for automated vehicles?

• Cost

• Safety

• Laws

Answer explanation

Casley et al. in a survey conducted in US:

82% of the respondents ranked safety as the most important aspect in order to adopt AVs,

12% believe that laws are the most important aspect,

and 6% choose costs.

Do you believe in future automated vehicles can perform better than human drivers?

• Yes.

• No.

Answer explanation

Casley et al. in a survey conducted in US:

74% of the respondents do not believe AVs can perform better than a normal driver.

Do you think automated driving is a useful development?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Only half of people in Germany consider automated driving to be useful development.

If you can drive, do you...

• Prefer to drive yourself.

• Prefer to be driven by someone else.

Answer explanation

75% of German drivers prefer to drive themselves.

Suppose that in the next few years we have cars that can drive themselves using a computer system in the car, without a human driving them. Would you feel safe being driven in a car without a human driver, or not?

• Yes, would feel safe

• No, would not feel safe

• Don't know/refused

Answer explanation

Though these results varied substantially around the world, more people in each country surveyed said theywould not feel safe in a self-driving car than said they would feel safe. Denmark had the highest percentage of people who would feel safe, at 45%.