Wondering what’ll get people into self-driving cars? Think safety

Fifty years ago, auto insiders predicted that cars would run driver-free by 2000. Now, 15 years into the new millennium, such technology could be within reach.

Thanks to the innovations of Google, General Motors and Mercedes, you could be driving hands-free within the next five years. Nonetheless, consumers are split on the issue of taking the human element out of motor vehicle operation.

Safety First

As recent surveys indicate, safety is one of the biggest incentives in the push towards self-driving cars. More than half the respondents in last month’s GFK survey cited safety as a key selling point of the concept, which drew at least 70% support among those surveyed between the ages of 16 and 44.

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