Driverless Trains More Acceptable Than Cars

Across eight countries YouGov surveyed, people are far more likely to accept autonomous mass transit (trains/metros) than autonomous private cars, despite broad discomfort with driverless cars in most countries; comfort with driverless buses is similar to cars, but metros/trains score noticeably higher. The survey also documents consistent gender gaps (women more negative) and cross‑national variation (Poland and Singapore more divided; Britain particularly negative). — If publics accept autonomous rail but reject autonomous cars, policy and industry strategies should prioritise automation in fixed‑route mass transit first, altering where investment, regulation, and labor restructuring will be politically feasible.