Consumers don't know what to make of self-driving cars

HARD SELL: Americans aren't sold on self-driving cars.

Although many can accept that autonomous vehicles could cut accidents caused by drunk driving or distractions and even increase productivity and leisure time, one third of US adults say that they would never consider buying or leasing one. 

Truly autonomous vehicles may well be some 20 years away from becoming an everyday reality, but the buzz around the technology has already reached deafening levels.