What is an autonomous car" It seems easy enough ? a vehicle that operates itself ? but a recent study found some confusion. Fewer than half correctly identified an autonomous vehicle as one controlled entirely by autonomous technology. About 40 percent believed it was a half and half approach: the car had autonomous technology but could still be operated by a human.
Around 11 percent said it was still fully controlled by a human, just with a few extra features like self-park or blind spot monitors. The study even found that almost a quarter have yet to read or see a single story in the media on autonomous driving.
Somewhere in the pipeline, a communication breakdown is happening.
Faith & Clarity
We need to ask, as autonomous driving stands on the horizon, can we have faith in something we cannot understand" If there is disconnect between what the industry defines as an autonomous car and how the pubic perceives such technology, how can they accept it" If people don’t understand it or cannot conceptualize it, they are less apt to believe in it. Consider the average home and the regular family. Normal people, normal lives, normal cars. The ones who load up their groceries and kids in a minivan or sedan. There are many such sensible people – they are not car people, just people with cars. For them, when they buy a vehicle, they have to trust it. They must know it’s fuel efficient and cost effective; that it’s reliable and safe. Safe...