Do we trust people more than machines? Here is the scientific evidence!

The results that In the Nature Scientific Journal They have published and highlight that people are still more confident in a meat-blood driver than in the autopilot.

Although the spread of completely autonomous vehicles can radically transform transport, they are not yet widely available in most countries. As a result, there is little data on how passengers react to unexpected road events. Earlier research has already shown that in self -driving vehicles, people's anxiety is greater than a person driven by a person, but the real experience has so far been limited writes the change of traffic.

41 volunteers took part in experiments from Szeged researchers who tried the differences between autonomous driving and human control on the Zalazone test track. Each of them made the same 2 kilometer trip twice: once with a professional driver and second in self -driving mode. Researchers have measured brain activity using EEG (electroenkephalographic) tools, and a special glasses observed eye movements, head movements and the frequency of blinking.

On the test track, passengers were brought to unexpected situations: a deer and a child symbolized the road on the road, which required a quick reaction but not a emergency. The maximum speed of vehicles was 60 km/h. According to the results, passengers in self-driving mode made larger head and eye movements and blink less when sudden obstacles occurred. Yet, according to brain activity measurements, they felt better when the vehicle was driven by man.

The researchers concluded that examining passengers' reactions could be key to accepting self -driving technology. This can make the developers more accurately see how autonomous driving affects people's sense of security and what changes are needed to make self -driving cars a part of future transport.