The Ethical Study Of Self-Driving Car

One of the more recent automobile technology breakthroughs throughout the United States is the introduction and study of self-driving cars on the highways and roads of the country. These cars are invented to help eliminate human error that cause life-ending collisions, which is what 90% of accidents are caused by according to Stanford University’s School of Law. Human error is defined Oxford Dictionary, as “The making of a mistake as an inevitable or natural result of being human.”(Oxford Dictionary) To assess whether or not self-driving cars are safe enough to be integrated into American Society, United States citizens must understand the ethical dilemma of self-driving cars and what problems may occur within a situation through experiments.

Urmson explains about Google’s technology involved in keeping people safe in and outside of the self-driving cars. Urmson talks about how the Google car is just one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. Urmson talks about where his program for the self-driving car is right now and shares fascinating footage that shows how the car sees the road and makes free decisions about what to do next. The Ted talk explains how a self-driving car is going to manual or human-driven cars are so dangerous. The video also explains why we need to put more research into the cars for them to be able to save lives and why we need to save time that which would usually squander away in traffic in the United States of America. For most Americans, time is money in the United States, and if the self-driving car can save time and it will help the economy boom. Also, the reducing of human error on the American highways and roads; the self-driving cars can reduce up to 90 percent or more of car accidents. The drastic change in human error on the highways and roads could modify the lives lost from millions to maybe under a couple of thousand of lives

In an article by states how “Federal regulators, faced with a growing number of self-driving car tests on roads across the U.S., plan to issue a flurry of new guidelines Tuesday aimed at automakers and tech companies” The Overall safety is a critical component for any vehicle on the highways of the United States. In the article “U.S. Government Releases Safety Guidelines for Self-driving Cars” the author Mcfarland states “The guidelines include a 15-point safety assessment for vehicles, which is left open-ended. There aren't benchmarks clearly drawn in the sand for the different categories, which include crashworthiness, privacy, cyber vehicle security, ethical considerations and how a car sees the road.” Some of the government concerns around the self driving cars is the safety of it’s citizen. There aren't benchmarks clearly drawn in the sand for the different categories, which include crashworthiness, privacy, cyber vehicle security, ethical considerations and how a car sees the road.” One example of how the new government tests are being mandated is explained it the article Government officials in the Department of Transportation say self-driving cars will make transportation safer, more accessible, more efficient, and