I hope I never see them on the road while I’m driving….
In President Trump’s view, self-driving cars are a menace to society. A skeptic of cutting-edge technology — as his tweets about Boeing’s “complex” planes emphasized — Trump has privately said he thinks the autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution is “crazy” and that he’d never let a computer drive him around.
Why it matters: Most Americans share Trump’s view: 71% of U.S. drivers would be afraid to ride in a self-driving vehicle, per AAA. Yet his own administration is encouraging AV development by removing barriers and issuing voluntary guidance instead of regulations. And we see no evidence Trump has imposed his personal views on the policy process.