This report builds on a recent series of reports addressing public opinion, human factors,
and safety-related issues with self-driving vehicles (Schoettle and Sivak, 2014, 2015; Sivak
and Schoettle, 2015a, 2015b). A survey was developed for this study to examine motorists'
preferences among levels of vehicle automation, including preferences for interacting with
and overall concern about riding in self-driving vehicles. The survey yielded completed
responses from 505 licensed drivers in the US he main findings are as follows: The most …

This report builds on our recent series of eight reports addressing public opinion, human
factors, and safety-related issues concerning self-driving vehicles. An identical survey to that
used in 2015 was administered. The survey was developed to examine motorists'
preferences among levels of vehicle automation, including preferences for interacting with
and overall concern about riding in selfdriving vehicles. The survey yielded completed
responses from 618 licensed drivers in the US The main findings are as follows: