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Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions on Automated Cars

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday February 01 2018, @04:34PM   
from the just-let-go dept.

canopic jug writes:

A very small survey of people of different ages suggests that there are age and gender differences in the acceptance of riding in automated cars. In summary, 2,600 people in the US replied and of them 38% of the men and just 16% of women would be happy to ride in an automated vehicle. About a quarter of respondents said they would feel safe in a driverless car while around two thirds said they would not travel unless there was a driver. No mention was made about their opinions of sharing the road with these massive projectiles when driving themselves in traditional cars.

Source : Driverless cars: Men and women have very different opinions on letting go of the wheel

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• Maybe you're right. Here's proof. Maybe you're right. Here's proof. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:10PM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:10PM (#631552)

  From 2012 [usatoday.com]:

  More women drivers than men on U.S. roads now

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  More women than men now have driver's licenses, a reversal of a longtime gender gap behind the wheel that transportation researchers say is likely to have safety and economic effects.

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• Re:Maybe you're right. Here's proof. Re:Maybe you're right. Here's proof. (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:34PM (2 children)

  by Grishnakh (2831) on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:34PM (#631571)

  Doesn't surprise me. I read quite some time ago how women are now the majority of people who make car-buying decisions. (i.e., most car buyers are women, and in couples, women have more power over the decision.)

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    No wonder new cars look like cute jelly beans. (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:39PM (#631575)

    In the old days, they made cars resemble a woman's ass stuck invitingly up in the air.

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  • No wonder new cars look like cute jelly beans. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @01:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @01:27PM (#631979)

    In the old days, they made cars resemble a woman's ass stuck invitingly up in the air.

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