Survey: Most Drivers Ready For Autonomous Cars, Many Not So Keen

A survey in the US has found while drivers are ‘ready’ for self-driving cars, education and trust issues are still a concern for many.

The survey of 2000 motorists, conducted by Insurance.com, found that the majority are willing to accept a computer as a ‘co-pilot’, but only if they are also in control.

Just over 22 percent of respondents said they were ‘very likely’ to buy an autonomous car, but 24.5 percent said they ‘never’ would.

Kick in an insurance discount of 80 percent however, and those figures change to 37.6 percent for ‘very likely’, and 13.7 percent for ‘never’.