Are you ready to ride in a self-driving
car? Today we look at autonomous
acceptance by the numbers. People are
becoming more and more familiar and
comfortable with the concept of the
technology and the fact that this is the
next big thing. According to an annual
survey from AAA 63% of US drivers
report feeling afraid to ride in a fully
self-driving vehicle that's a
significant decrease from 78 percent in
early 2017. Millennial and male drivers
are the most trusting of autonomous
technologies with only half reporting
they would be afraid to ride in a
self-driving car. A year ago almost 8 out
of 10 Americans said they will be afraid
to even ride in an autonomous vehicle
well that's down to almost 6 out of 10
we've seen 20 million fewer Americans
with these fears and trepidations. The
AAA survey found that women
73% are more likely than men 52% to be
afraid to ride in a self-driving vehicle
and while the majority of baby boomers
68 percent still report being afraid
this generation is significantly more
comfortable than they were a year ago
when 85 percent reported being afraid
AAA says its study points out a
need for automakers to prioritize
consumer education to help people
prepare for this shift in mobility.
Meanwhile AAA found that US drivers
also report a high confidence in their
own driving abilities despite the fact
that more than 90% of all auto crashes
are the result of human error and the
National Safety Council estimates that
forty thousand one hundred people were
killed in auto crashes in 2017. And so
the great hope of A/V vehicles is
that it will remove the human error and
make us all safer drivers. For more survey
details visit newsroom.aaa.com and
to see the full video we've been sharing
with you go to waymo.com. Autonomous
acceptance by the numbers a presentation
of AASHTO Transportation TV
