Public Opinion about Self-Driving Vehicles in the Netherlands

The paper describes an investigation into the public opinion about self-driving vehicles among Dutch people. New in our approach is to design a questionnaire on the basis of different theories of acceptance of new technology in organisations and society in combinations with additional questions about specific factors such as the economic implications of self-driving vehicle services. As results, we present a predictive model of public opinion about self-driving cars that evaluates the relevant factors and which shows the feasibility of a theory-based approach to design survey tools.