{"id":13704,"date":"2018-05-30T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=13704"},"modified":"2018-05-30T04:15:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:15:13","slug":"aaa-reports-american-trust-in-autonomous-vehicles-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2018\/05\/30\/aaa-reports-american-trust-in-autonomous-vehicles-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA reports American Trust in Autonomous Vehicles Drops"},"content":{"rendered":"

One-in-five (20%) U.S. drivers would trust a self-driving vehicle and 7 percent are unsure.<\/h2>\n

\"AAA\"Orlando, FL<\/strong> – Following high-profile incidents involving autonomous vehicle technologies, a new report from AAA\u2019s multi-year tracking study indicates that consumer trust in these vehicles has quickly eroded. Today, three-quarters (73 percent) of American drivers report they would be too afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle, up significantly from 63 percent in late 2017.<\/p>\n

Additionally, two-thirds (63 percent) of U.S. adults report they would actually feel less safe<\/em> sharing the road with a self-driving vehicle while walking or riding a bicycle.<\/p>\n

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Two-thirds (64%) of Millennial drivers would be too afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle, up from 49 percent at the end of 2017. This represents the largest increase of any generation surveyed.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cDespite their potential to make our roads safer in the long run, consumers have high expectations for safety,\u201d said Greg Brannon, AAA\u2019s director of Automotive Engineering and Industry Relations. \u201cOur results show that any incident involving an autonomous vehicle is likely to shake consumer trust, which is a critical component to the widespread acceptance of autonomous vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, AAA\u2019s latest survey found that Millennials \u2013 the group that has been the quickest to embrace automated vehicle technologies \u2014 were the most impacted by these incidents.<\/p>\n

The percentage of Millennial drivers too afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle has jumped from 49 percent to 64 percent since late 2017, representing the largest increase of any generation surveyed.<\/p>\n

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Seven-in-ten (73%) U.S. drivers would be afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle, up from 63 percent at the end of 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWhile autonomous vehicles are being tested, there\u2019s always a chance that they will fail or encounter a situation that challenges even the most advanced system,\u201d said Megan Foster, AAA\u2019s director of Federal Affairs. \u201cTo ease fears, there must be safeguards in place to protect vehicle occupants and the motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians with whom they share the road.\u201d<\/p>\n

AAA supports thorough testing of automated vehicle technologies as they continue to evolve, including testing under progressively complicated driving scenarios and under varying conditions, but not at the expense of safety. Additionally, to help prevent the accidental misuse of the systems, AAA advocates for a common sense, common nomenclature and classification system, and similar performance characteristics of future autonomous vehicle technologies.<\/p>\n

[320left]\u201cThere are sometimes dozens of different marketing names for today\u2019s safety systems,\u201d continued Brannon. \u201cLearning how to operate a vehicle equipped with semi-autonomous technology is challenging enough without having to decipher the equipment list and corresponding level of autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help educate consumers on the effectiveness of emerging vehicle technologies, AAA is committed to the ongoing, unbiased testing of automated vehicle technologies. Previous testing of automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, self-parking technology and lane keeping systems has shown both great promise and great variation. Future AAA testing will look at how well systems work together to achieve higher levels of automation.<\/p>\n

AAA provides more than 58 million members with automotive, travel, insurance and financial services through its federation of 36 motor clubs and nearly 1,100 branch offices across North America. Since 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for safe mobility. Drivers can request roadside assistance, identify nearby gas prices, locate discounts, book a hotel or map a route via the AAA Mobile app<\/a>. To join, visit AAA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-in-five (20%) U.S. drivers would trust a self-driving vehicle and 7 percent are unsure. Orlando, FL – Following high-profile incidents involving autonomous vehicle technologies, a new report from AAA\u2019s multi-year tracking study indicates that consumer trust in these vehicles has quickly eroded. Today, three-quarters (73 percent) of American drivers report they would be too afraid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1361,12075,12076,9481,10793],"class_list":["post-13704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-aaa","tag-autonomous-navigation","tag-autonomous-vehicles","tag-orlando-fl","tag-self-driving-car"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13705,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13704\/revisions\/13705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}