Survey: autonomous driving in Austria

Survey: autonomous driving in Austria

Is an autonomous vehicle, i.e. a car that can be controlled and parked without a human driver, a dream or a nightmare for Austria's drivers? A current survey by AutoScout24 shows that there are two equally large camps of supporters and opponents. Whilearound a third the advantagesin the use of autonomous vehicles36 percentthe new technologyskepticalopposite. In particular, 46 percent of the generation under 30 see advantages in using autonomous vehicles, while approval decreases with ageand among those over 50 years old it is only 29 percent.
Unresolved legal aspects, technological maturity and infrastructure expansion are still among the inhibiting factors. One in four regrets this. 24 percent would already use an autonomous vehicle if it were possible. However, more than half (55 percent) do not yet trust the technology. 

Every thirdAustrianDrivers are happybut already looking forward to the futureautonomous vehiclesand is convinced that the vehicles will be safe in the future. Men in particular are more open to the new technology at 37 percent than women (19 percent). Four out of ten Austrians are not yet so optimistic about the future of self-driving cars given the current state of technology. 
What is already part of everyday life in individual districts in Singapore is not yet imaginable for 61 percent of Austrians: children get on an autonomous bus and are taken to school or to sports without a driver. In Austria, the proportion of parents whose child is allowed to get into a self-driving car alone is still relatively low at 17 percent. One in four dads says yes to this experiment, but only 9 percent of mothers do.