ABSTRACT. This article reviews and advances existing literature concerning the sustainable deployment of self-driving cars on public roads. Using and replicating data from AAA, Adobe Analytics, ANSYS, Atomik Research, Capgemini Research Institute, CivicScience, eMarketer, Morning Consult, and Schoettle & Sivak (2014), we performed analyses and made estimates regarding how consumers would like to spend their time while not actively steering the car during transit (%), U.S. adults who are concerned about select autonomous car features (%), and U.S. adults doubting why cars will not have the ability to drive themselves 10 years from now (%). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.

Keywords: autonomous vehicle; sensor and mapping technologies; urban mobility

How to cite: Atwell, Gary J., and George Lăzăroiu (2019). “Are Autonomous Vehicles Only a Technological Step? The Sustainable Deployment of Self-Driving Cars on Public Roads,” Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice 11(2): 22–28. doi:10.22381/CRLSJ11220193

Received 19 April 2019 • Received in revised form 21 October 2019
Accepted 22 October 2019 • Available online 15 November 2019