Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 17, 2019
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May 17, 2019: Twenty-nine percent (29%) of American adults would feel safe riding in a self-driving car today. A ScottRasmussen.com national survey found that total includes 38% of men and 21% of women.[1]
Younger adults are much more likely than their elders to feel comfortable with this new technology.
Among those who don’t yet feel safe in a self-driving car, 28% think it’s likely they’ll get comfortable within five to 10 years.
Still, just over half of the nation’s adults (51%) believe that most cars on the road will be self-driving within five to 20 years. Eight percent (8%) think it will happen faster than that while 13% think that day will never come.
No matter how fast the technology and consumer acceptance progress, adoption of self-driving vehicles will be slowed by the fact that Americans generally hold on to their cars for more than 10 years.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
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