Consumers would allow a computer to drive their car if doing so would cut their insurance rates by 80 percent, according to a survey by CarInsurance.com.
"Our survey shows cheaper insurance will greatly influence consumer acceptance," CarInsurance.com managing editor Des Toups said in a statement. "Some of the liability of operating a car will doubtless be assumed by the manufacturer. But a lot of the decrease in rates could come simply because there would be many fewer accidents."
Oddly enough, the survey of 2000 customers by the online consumer insurance site also showed that 75 percent of respondents think they could drive a car better than a computer. Another 64 percent said computers were not capable of the same quality of decision-making as human drivers. And 75 percent would not trust a driverless car to take their children to school.
The responses fly in the face of recent research.
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