Allianz Travel Insurance Vacation Confidence Index Reveals Many Americans Wary Of Self-Driving Cars
As the Future of Travel quickly approaches with experimental transport technology accelerating at a rapid pace, the vacation vehicle of tomorrow that is closest to reality today – the self-driving car – is among the most concerning for potential travelers worried about their safety.
If given the opportunity to use any of the current, experimental, or near-future methods of travel today, most Americans are at least somewhat interested in experiencing nearly all the new ways to explore the world, or even beyond it. But only 22 percent of travelers are very interested (and 32 percent "somewhat" interested) in self-driving vehicles being developed by all the major auto manufacturers and
Self-driving/autonomous vehicles rate lowest for travelers "very interested" and highest for "safety concerns" among those not interested when compared to all other future travel methods surveyed, including space travel, supersonic travel, Hyperloop high-speed rail, and even so-called flying cars.
"While transportation technology is poised to change the way Americans travel, safety has emerged as a top concern," said
While the current outlook for traveler uptake of self-driving vehicles is uncertain, the future is brighter with 64 percent of travelers confident that this travel method will develop safely enough for them to consider using, which, along with Hyperloop high-speed rail (64 percent), is well above the confidence for the safety of supersonic travel (56 percent), space travel (51 percent) or flying cars (49 percent). In total, however, only a minority are "very confident" about the safety of any of these travel methods being safe enough for mainstream consumer use.
Self-driving/ Autonomous Vehicles: ( |
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(Flying faster than speed of sound) |
Flying Cars: Taxi Drones, VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing), etc. |
Hyperloop: (High-Speed magnetic levitation train) |
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LEVELS OF INTEREST |
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Very Interested |
22% |
22% |
24% |
25% |
27% |
Somewhat Interested |
32% |
24% |
30% |
26% |
34% |
Not Interested |
47% |
55% |
46% |
48% |
39% |
REASONS FOR LACK OF INTEREST (Among those not interested) |
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Safety Concerns |
65% |
48% |
47% |
61% |
51% |
Cost/Budget |
20% |
41% |
32% |
24% |
22% |
Lack of Familiarity |
21% |
20% |
28% |
26% |
34% |
Don't want to be first/test subject |
21% |
27% |
23% |
22% |
24% |
Bad Publicity |
10% |
4% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
Other |
10% |
12% |
10% |
8% |
7% |
CONFIDENCE IN SAFETY FOR FUTURE TRAVEL METHODS |
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Very Confident |
23% |
15% |
19% |
16% |
22% |
Somewhat Confident |
41% |
36% |
37% |
33% |
42% |
Not Confident |
36% |
49% |
44% |
51% |
36% |
Methodology: These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted
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