Abstract
In the era of industrial revolution 4.0, an automotive industry flourished in a way that was never before. As different features added in the driver assistance systems time-to-time, hence, nowadays the driving process is not so much tedious as it seems before. This ensures the operation of hassle-free driving, which leads towards autonomous vehicles. Overall, it opens up many opportunities for researchers and business communities, but at the same time, raises concerns and issues for discussion that need to be analyzed before put the final product (here, in the sense of fully automated vehicle) on the road. We conducted an online-survey (N = 3139) with participants from 146 nations was participated and assembled their valuable feedback on the automated driving and human presence in the autonomous vehicles considering all the levels of driving automation. This paper explores the results in terms of useful implications, which highlights and implied us to re-examine the present regulations and policies in automated driving and autonomous vehicles. © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.