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Do Europeans trust driverless cars?

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Around one in three believe that driverless cars will emerge to be the major form of transport across Europe during the next decade. Research from Gemalto, a €3.1bn digital security company, put questions to participants in Russia, the UK, France and Germany, and found that 27 percent wouldn't trust a driverless car to complete a journey at all, with almost half fearing that cyber criminals could hack into the car computer and cause accidents. Christine Caviglioli, SVP for Automotive & Mobility Services, Gemalto, commented: "Digitalisation is putting the automotive industry on the road to revolution. The Internet of Things (IoT) and cutting edge connected car technology is opening the door to intelligent telematics and is unleashing a new breed of features and services - everything from enhanced in-car services and car sharing to fully autonomous vehicles. It's a profound paradigm shift, the likes of which haven't been seen in the industry since the introduction of the first motorized vehicles in the early 1900s. The technology has the potential to change the concept of driving forever."