Recent fatalities involving self-driving vehicles appear to be making people nervous about the automotive technology.
When asked in a survey by researchers at the Brookings Institution how likely they are to ride in a self-driving car, only 21% of adult internet users said they are inclined to do so, compared to 61% who are not.
The support for self-driving cars is down a bit from other surveys over the past year. For example, Northeastern University/Gallup undertook a mail survey of 3,297 U.S. adults from September 15 to October 10, 2017, and found 25% were likely to ride in a self-driving car and 54% were unlikely. In January 2018, Reuters/Ipsos completed a survey of 2,592 adults, finding 27% were comfortable riding in a self-driving car and two-thirds were uncomfortable.
