Survey: Majority Of Americans Afraid To Travel In Self-Driving Cars « CBS Philly

March 5, 2016 4:00 AMBy Suzanne Monaghan

A self-driving car traverses a parking lot. (Credit: NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Seventy-five-percent of Americans are afraid to ride in a self-driving vehicle. That’s the finding of a recent Triple-A survey.

Why are even young people reluctant to embrace this technology? According to the survey, a portion of drivers like some autonomous technology, but many say, leave the driving to us:

“If you have a car that drives for itself, you can’t prevent yourself from getting into an accident,” says 18-year-old Kira.

24-year-old Cashmere worries about security:

“What if I’m driving one day and somebody hacks in my car and crashes into another car? There’s a lot of cons to this concept itself cause with a computer you can rule the world nowadays.”

And 21-year-old Lenisha says it just makes society lazier:

“We already have everything that does everything for us so why do we need cars that drive for us?”

The survey also finds a majority of people want features such as emergency braking and self parking. They just aren’t ready to completely turn over the wheel.

Suzanne Monaghan joined the KYW Newsradio team as an anchor and reporter in March, 2006. She has an extensive background in both television and radio. She comes to KYW Newsradio 1060 from WHYY-TV’s ”Delaware Tonight” program, where she was a...

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