Let's break down the common self-driving car myths

If you've never seen or been near (or inside) a self-driving car, the concept can seem a bit much. But the thing is, autonomous vehicle technology is already all over: in many of our human-controlled cars, on the road in driverless shuttles and vans, and coming from self-driving companies like Alphabet's Waymo, GM-funded Cruise, Amazon-backed Aurora, and Uber. Even if it sounds like a far-off, far-fetched, futuristic proposition, self-driving cars aren't sci-fi. Engineering simulation software company Ansys surveyed more than 22,000 adults from the U.S., UK, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Japan, China, India, and other regions, about self-driving perceptions. The survey, out last week, found that older adults are less optimistic than younger adults about ever riding in a robocar.