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People are afraid of self-driving cars — can the industry change that?


A number of high-profile incidents have eroded the public’s trust in AVs.

People have grown increasingly unnerved by the prospect of self-driving cars taking over the streets thanks to a lack of urgency in the industry toward building public trust. Last October, a driverless Cruise vehicle struck a pedestrian in San Francisco and then caused further injury by attempting to pull over to the curb with her still trapped underneath. California regulators accused Cruise, which is backed by GM, of withholding video footage showing the incident and suspended its operating license.

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