Drunk Driving: Removing The Human Error

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happen, occur because of human error, however, removing the human aspect of driving should, theoretically, eliminate the possibility of those mistakes. Drunk driving would no longer happen, speeding wouldn’t occur, and traffic jam caused by accidents are a thing of the past. With the proper adjustments made to our current technology autonomous driving could completely eliminate accidents caused from driving and create a safer world for the future generations to grow up in. All across the nation the average commute to work is twenty-six minutes according to the US Census Bureau. According to Washington post writer Kat Ruddell, “ At an average of twenty-six minutes each way to work, five days a week, fifty weeks a year, that works out to a total …show more content…

No matter how good the driver is, no matter how long they have been driving, there is always room for human error. Often times, the error ends up permanently crippling a person or worse, costing them their lives. The premise that we need to sit idly by and let this continue to happen simply because we refuse to give up control of our vehicles is just wrong. With the development of autonomous driving, we could eliminate the human aspect of driving entirely, and as a result we would eliminate the possibility of human error. Once the human aspect of driving is gone we could eliminate terrible events such as drunk driving. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, every two hours three people are killed in alcohol related crashes. In other terms that is thirty-six people a day, two hundred-fifty-two people a week, or 13,104 people a year. By eliminating the possibility of drunk people wrecking into anyone it can be assumed that those 13,104 people would be able to go home and see their families again. That is 13,104 people who could have potentially, discovered the cure of cancer, or become the next president. Instead they are dead, and it is all thanks to the human condition. The stupidity of others murders thousands of people ever year. If the drunk person isn't in control of their vehicle then those people are …show more content…

The arguments for autonomous driving are fully focused around those central ideas. Why allow human error to ruin anything else good simply because we don't want to give up control of our vehicles. The arguments for self-driving vehicles aren't bad arguments they simply don't take into account the simple fact that at this time, the technology is horribly unreliable and the loss of jobs would tank our already weak economy even more. Why should the best interests of the people be thrown out to benefit a flawed system? The more common autonomous driving becomes, the more of a bane on our society autonomous driving becomes. This is the point where there needs to be a decision made. The long term health of the economy, of the nation, and the world, or benefits to the minority of people. The people who have worked hard every day and will end up replaced by machines, making the job market more crowded and the unemployment lines longer. The only benefits are to the corporations that lead the charge on autonomous driving and to the consumer who only needs to commute to and from work every day. Millions of jobs will be lost in the truck driving business, in the taxi-cab business, in the ride-share business, and in the automotive dealership industry. Would the loss of all of those jobs reaally be a viable, and acceptable loss for a bit more safety and and extra hour of work?

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