The results showed that 57% of respondents familiar with the vehicles would be willing to ride in them and 51% consider them safer than people-driven vehicles.
The measure, which is the first significant federal legislation aimed at speeding self-driving vehicles to market, requires automakers to submit safety assessment reports to U.S. regulators, but does not require pre-market approval of advanced vehicle technologies.
No. 1 on the list from the report “Self-Driving Vehicles, Robo-Taxis and the Urban Mobility Revolution” from the Boston Consulting Group should come as no surprise: safety.