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British Columbians unsure about self-driving cars

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 30 Aug, 2023 04:08 PM

A new study from U-B-C suggests British Columbians have mixed feelings about self-driving cars.

Researchers engaged more than 11-hundred participants from across the province, asking them to watch eight videos showing interactions between pedestrians and vehicles at crosswalks.

Roughly two out of every five participants thought pedestrians faced reduced safety and comfort levels with self-driving cars.

The study was conducted by U-B-C's Research on Active Transportation Lab and funded by TransLink.

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