Q. Driverless cars are currently being developed, with predictions they will be in operation inside the next 10 years. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about driverless cars?
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | ||
| I generally support the introduction of driverless cars | 49% | 38% | 13% | 36% | 23% | 15% | 14% | |
| I am concerned about the safety implications of driverless cars | 78% | 15% | 31% | 47% | 11% | 4% | 6% | |
| I am concerned about the impact of driverless cars on jobs | 58% | 32% | 23% | 35% | 24% | 8% | 9% | |
| Even if there are some deaths from driverless cars they will be safer than cars driven by humans | 40% | 36% | 12% | 28% | 21% | 15% | 23% | |
| We shouldn’t trust our safety to robots | 57% | 30% | 22% | 35% | 22% | 8% | 13% |
78% agree that they are concerned about the safety implications of driverless cars, 58% are concerned about the impact of driverless cars on jobs and 57% think we shouldn’t trust our safety to robots.
However about half (49%) support the introduction of driverless cars compared to 38% who don’t. Support for driverless cars was highest with men (59%), aged 18-34 (63%), incomes over $2K pw (64%) and university educated (58%).