Survey: Most Americans Would Consider Buying Self-Driving Cars

The United States is warming up to the idea of self-driving cars

Most Americans would consider purchasing a self-driving car, according to a study by Insurance.com. The survey polled 2,000 licensed drivers, divided evenly between men and women, and found that 75% of are more apt to embrace driverless cars, in part because of the gradual increase in hands-free technology being added, such as Bluetooth-enabled voice control

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"People are aware that they already drive cars controlled partly by computers," Des Toups, Insurance.com's managing editor, wrote in a statement. "Now, they see features like collision avoidance on new models and hear about Google cars hitting the roads in a couple of yearsAn autonomous car is not science fiction anymore." Read more...

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