Safety Perceptions of Self-driving Cars: A Survey Study in China and Pakistan

摘要: The most critical concern with respect to the development of driverless vehicle technology is its safety and reliability. Inadequate technological advancements may lead serious implications especially in terms loss human life. Moreover, bring socio-technical complexities where role human, being key element a system, becomes highly important. Benefits advanced technologies vehicles cannot be realized properly if related concerns have not been appropriately addressed design process. One possible way forward get feedback from users incorporate requirements accordingly. For acquiring necessary information on various issues that might faced by drivers, this public opinion based survey study has conducted China Pakistan which mainly aims at capturing reliance level, perceptions expectations more specifically issues. A web-based survey, containing some general questions about under given driving scenarios, was launched both countries. findings provide useful insight for stakeholders towards user’s expectations, their differences level trust modern between people an emerging economy (China) low-income country (Pakistan). results also direct need further exploration so could pragmatically during