As driverless cars (autonomous vehicles) become more common, multiple groups may be affected by bias due to distrust of new technologies. Here are some of the main groups that may be affected: 1. **Older people**: - **Reason**: Older people are generally less receptive to new technologies and are concerned about the reliability and safety of the technology. - **Impact**: They may prefer traditional driving methods and be skeptical of driverless cars, believing that they are not safe enough or difficult to operate. 2. **People with low technical literacy**: - **Reason**: Lack of relevant technical knowledge makes it difficult for them to understand the working principles and advantages of driverless systems. - **Impact**: This technical barrier may lead them to misunderstanding or fear driverless cars, thus forming bias. 3. **Low-income and economically disadvantaged groups**: - **Reason**: They believe that the high cost of driverless cars makes them unaffordable and worry that traditional driving professions will be threatened after the popularization of technology. - **Impact**: They may believe that driverless technology mainly serves the wealthy and ignore its potential socioeconomic benefits. 4. **Residents in rural and remote areas**: - **Reason**: The infrastructure in these areas may be incomplete, and the promotion and application of new technologies are relatively slow. - **Impact**: Due to limited opportunities to contact and experience driverless cars, residents may be skeptical about their actual effects and safety. 5. **Professional drivers (such as taxi drivers, truck drivers, etc.)**: - **Reason**: Driverless technology may pose a threat to their jobs, causing them to resist the technology itself. - **Impact**: This professional anxiety may turn into distrust and opposition to driverless cars, and then form social prejudice. 6. **Culture and ethnic minority groups**: - **Reason**: Different cultural backgrounds have different acceptance levels of new technologies, and some ethnic minority groups may be cautious about foreign technologies. - **Impact**: Based on cultural differences or historical experience, they may question the safety, fairness and privacy protection of driverless cars. 7. **Privacy concerns**: - **Reason**: Driverless cars rely on a large amount of data collection and processing, involving personal privacy and data security issues. - **Impact**: Worries about personal information being abused or leaked lead to distrust and resistance to driverless technology. 8. **Environmentalists and Techno-pessimists**: - **Reasons**: Some environmentalists may question the actual environmental benefits of driverless cars, while techno-pessimists are skeptical of technological progress. - **Impact**: They may believe that driverless cars cannot effectively solve problems such as traffic congestion and pollution, and may even bring new environmental and social problems, thus forming a negative view of them. **Coping strategies**: In order to reduce the prejudice of these groups due to distrust of new technologies, the following measures can be taken: - **Strengthen public education and publicity**: Popularize the principles, advantages and safety of driverless cars through media, community activities and other channels to enhance public understanding and trust. - **Provide test drive and experience opportunities**: Let the public experience driverless cars in person to eliminate doubts about their safety and reliability. - **Policy and regulatory guarantees**: Formulate strict regulations and standards to ensure the safety and transparency of driverless technology and enhance public trust. - **Inclusive design**: In the design and promotion of driverless cars, fully consider the needs of different groups to ensure the fairness and accessibility of technology. - **Promote employment transformation**: Provide retraining and employment support for occupational groups affected by driverless technology, alleviate their job anxiety, and reduce social resistance to technological change. Through comprehensive measures, it is possible to effectively reduce the prejudices of different groups due to distrust of driverless cars, and promote the smooth popularization of technology and the harmonious development of society.