58% Say Driverless Taxis Will Definitely Curb Road Accidents

This year, UAE is testing autonomous taxis and e-hailing services and planning to launch driverless taxis in Dubai by 2023. Due to human error, road accidents are quite a common occurrence. In turn, driverless taxis will be much more vigilant. Thus, this technology will help control rising road accidents so the public has numerous opinions.

Thus, Real Research — the online survey app launched a survey on public perception of driverless taxis in Dubai by 2023. Specifically, the survey aims to find public views of driverless taxis, and how beneficial they will be. Here are the results.

Highlights

• 45.92% will use the driverless taxis daily.
• 46.64% believe the taxis will have technological advancements.
• 50.31% will be using them to get to work.

Driverless Taxis in Dubai

Firstly, the survey on driverless taxis in Dubai 2023, starts with a question on how respondents travel mostly. In response, a majority of 40.20% say taxi, 18.07% travel by bus, and 12.63% travel by car. Whereas, 11.13% travel using a motorbike and 7.20% via metro.

Next, the survey asks how safe respondents would feel in driverless taxis as passengers. In reply, 39.69% say ‘extremely safe’, and 26.65% feel ‘safe’. Whereas 12.16% do not feel safe and 6% do not feel safe at all. 15.51% are ‘Unsure’.

Accordingly, the survey asks respondents if they agree that driverless taxis will help reduce road accidents. A majority of 41.40% believe that it ‘Most Definitely’ will help, and 17.96% say ‘Definitely’. 22.84% remain ‘Neutral’ about it, whereas, 9.51% believe that it will ‘Not At All’ be helpful.

Respondents’ Perception of Driverless Taxis

Next, the survey asks respondents how often they will use a driverless taxi. In response, the majority (45.92%) say ‘Daily’, contrary to 16.51% that say they will ‘Never’ use it. Moreover, 13.51% say  ‘Occasionally’, 13.32% ‘Frequently’, and 10.75% will use ‘Only in Emergencies’.

Further on, the survey asks about the purpose of using a driverless taxi.  A majority of 50.31% use it to get to work, while 13.35% will head home on it. Moreover, 11.86% will use it to transport goods whereas, 7.89% will use driverless taxis to go to the airport. In contrast, 7.64% will commute everywhere, and 5.71% will prefer the taxi when going clubbing.

Pros and Cons of Driverless Taxis

Accordingly, the survey asks respondents about the advantage of a driverless taxi. All 46.64% chose ‘technological advancement’, while 14.48% liked their ‘Safe and Efficient Driving’. Moreover, 9.51% think there will be better ‘Traffic Control’, and 8.60% believe it will result in ‘Fewer Accidents’. 8.29% think driverless taxis will  ‘Avoid Human Error’, and help ‘Reduce Costs’ (7.36%).

Lastly, the survey asks respondents about the disadvantage of a driverless taxi. All 49.69% worry there will be ‘Technical Issues and Malfunctions’. Secondly, 20.18% fear ‘Hacking Risks’ due to ‘Personnel Information and Data privacy’ (7.42%).  Moreover, 7.44% are concerned about the ‘Overall Question of Privacy’ and increased unemployment (5.80%), and