The future is here: face the era of self-driving cars

With the development of technology, self-driving cars have long gone from science fiction to real life. However, with the increase in media coverage, concerns about self-driving technology are growing. A survey shows that most drivers are still conservative about self-driving cars, but some are very enthusiastic about it.

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Goodyear have conducted a study to understand how drivers interact with other drivers while driving and analyze the conventions they follow. This year, LSE and Goodyear have further deepened their cooperation and conducted in-depth investigations on the various feelings that drivers may have about interacting with self-driving cars on the road.

Goodyear and London School of Economics and Political Science jointly study autonomous driving

The survey results show that 26% of the respondents said they can accept the use of self-driving cars (including three levels: 100%, very, and somewhat), and 29% of the respondents are willing to drive side by side with self-driving cars. On the other hand, 44% of the respondents cannot accept the use of self-driving cars, and 41% of the respondents are unwilling to drive on the same road with self-driving cars.

In addition, the survey also collected different opinions of the respondents on self-driving cars, among which safety , technical reliability, interactive convenience and driving pleasure became the most concentrated concerns. The safety of self-driving cars is a point that all respondents attach great importance to. 43% of the respondents said that most traffic accidents are caused by human factors. In comparison, self-driving cars are safer.

However, concerns about autonomous driving technology remain, and the social skills of self-driving cars are also a concern, with 60% of respondents believing that machines do not have the common sense required to interact with human drivers.

There is another phenomenon worth noting in the survey. Although people have little contact with self-driving cars so far, it is obvious that the more respondents know about self-driving cars, the more positive their attitude will become.

Application of driverless technology

Self-driving cars are not just a new technology. To be precise, the emerging technology they represent is gradually being integrated into today's all-encompassing social space. As a giant in the tire industry with a history of over a century, Goodyear is also constantly keeping up with the times and keeping up with the pace of technological change. At the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, Goodyear released two groundbreaking concept tires for self-driving cars - the Eagle-360 spherical concept tire and the IntelliGrip concept tire. As the world's largest tire manufacturer, Goodyear has always been committed to improving the human traffic environment and becoming an important link between cars and roads. The advent of the new concept tire has laid a test platform for innovative technology in the future era of self-driving cars.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.