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Attitudestowardnewtechnologiesoftenfallalonggenerationallines.That

is,generally,youngerpeopletendtooutnumberolderpeopleonthefrontendofa

technologicalshift.Itisnotalwaysthecase,though.Whenyoulookatattitudes

towarddriverlesscars,theredoesn’tseemtobeacleargenerationaldivide.Thepublic

overallissplitonwhetherthey’dliketouseadriverlesscar.Inastudylastyear,ofall

peoplesurveyed,48percentsaidtheywantedtorideinone,while50percentdidnot.

Thefactthatattitudestowardself-drivingcarsappeartobesosteadyacross

generationssuggestshowtransformativetheshifttodriverlesscarscouldbe.Not

everyonewantsadriverlesscarnow—andnoonecangetoneyet—butamongthose

whoareopentothem,everyagegroupissimilarlyengaged.Actually,thisisn’t

surprising.Whereasoldergenerationsaresometimesreluctanttoadoptnew

technologies,driverlesscarspromiserealvaluetotheseagegroupsinparticular.

Olderadults,especiallythosewithlimitedmobilityordifficultydrivingontheirown,

areoneoftheclassicusecasesfordriverlesscars.Thisisespeciallyinteresting

whenyouconsiderthatyoungerpeoplearegenerallymoreinterestedintravel-related

technologiesthanolderones.Whenitcomestodriverlesscars,differencesin

attitudearemorepronouncedbasedonfactorsnotrelatedtoage.Collegegraduates,

forexample,areparticularlyinterestedindriverlesscarscomparedwiththosewho

havelesseducation:59percentof