The paper uses real-life scenarios of car users who choose to hire a driver for their personal car to be driven around to explore further the behavioural response towards being driven in an AV. The study is based on the data collected through semi-structured interviews with users who hire a driver for personal cars in an Indian city, Patna. Through the interview, the meaning of being driven by a driver is decoded along with the different types of households that prefer to be driven by a driver. The different households are presented as cases. Each case is supplemented with a thick description highlighting their real-life scenarios. These scenarios serve as scenario archetypes to examine the behaviour of the user and whether they will accept AV given the risk, uncertainty and real-life circumstances. The study is crucial because most of the studies on AV have used the user’s perspective on the ‘assumed idea’ of its usage rather than its actual perspective or experience. Our study taps into car users’ motivation to be driven by a driver to comprehend the likely response towards being driven in an AV. Results indicate that being driven by machines comes with newer risks, and the ability to cope with them will affect future adaptation by households.