Yes to Self-Driving Cars
In the near future, people may be able to sit back and distract themselves from another long, dull commute without the risk of harming others or. Self driving cars could be the answer to preventing the high percentage of road fatalities due to human error, road congestion, and several other stress-inducing qualities of getting behind the wheel, thus improving the condition of our society and environment. Some may believe autonomous vehicles will deprive us from the “precious freedom of mobility and the magnificent joy of driving on the open road.” Whitt Flora, a writer for the Tribune News Service, supports this notion in the Avid Weekly article. However, the benefits that self-driving cars provide to society and the environment exceed the few drawbacks.
According to government data, 94 percent of crashes are a result of driver error. Self-driving cars could help save lives as they are more defensive drivers than typical drivers. Many drivers claim to be attentive and alert; however, there are several factors that could potentially distract them and cause them to make a fatal mistake. For example, driving while drunk, tired, or under the influence of drugs could result in an inexplicable accident. However, autonomous cars cannot be distracted as they are computer operated, meaning the “impacts of risky and
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Fewer crashes would dramatically improve road congestion and traffic conditions. This translates to “less commuting time and more productivity” and will help drivers maximize on fuel usage. As a result of the lessened fuel use, greenhouse gasses from futile idling will be vastly reduced, thus making self-driving cars more environmentally benign that most other cars. Self-driving cars are usually associated with cost-savings in terms of time, healthcare, and insurance because of how efficient they are
Driving a car safely requires complete attention of the driver in order to minimize risk of accidents. With the fast pace and busy lives of people today, sometimes risky choices are made, like texting or making calls while driving, even though it is unsafe and against the law. Calling a taxi to drive you to your destination is a safer alternative, but could be expensive over time. Imagine being able to safely and affordably drive to your desired destination while eating breakfast, reviewing business documents, and/or making phone calls en route. This vision is possible with self-driving cars, but what consideration must be taken into account to make this a reality?
The author, Alicia Prince, wrote, “Unbelievable Benefits and Drawbacks of the Self-Driving Car” which discusses the pros and cons of self-driving cars. Her articles are stronger about having self-driving cars. When people go to the store self-driving cars will circle the block until you are ready to go. Another pro about self-driving cars is that the parts can be rearranged into better spots. One bad thing about self-driving cars is that they would be expensive to make and buy. In the article, Alicia Prince states, “with less driver errors cars could eventually be capable of going to much higher speeds.” The quote is important because going faster means
It might be hard to see where the self-driving car could have issues with safety but an interesting question arises when an accident is unavoidable. The question posed is “How should the car be programmed to act in the event of an unavoidable accident? Should it minimize the loss of life, even if it means sacrificing the occupants, or should it protect the occupants at all costs? Should it choose between these extremes at random?” (ArXiv). This is a very interesting question surrounding ethics. I’m not sure if there is a right answer to the question, which could stall the self-driving car industry. Before self-driving cars are mass produced a solution needs to be found to the question about unavoidable accidents. Although this question is a problem, there may not be a need to address the problem. It is said that “"driver error is believed to be the main reason behind over 90 percent of all crashes" with drunk driving, distracted drivers, failure to remain in one lane and falling to yield the right of way the main causes.” (Keating). Self-driving cars could eliminate those problems entirely and maybe with all cars on the road being self-driving cars, there would be no “unavoidable accidents”. Safety is the main issue the self-driving car is trying to solve in transportation and seems to do a good job at
World of driverless cars means world is safer and less congested, workers more productive, cheaper housing options and greater mobility for elderly and people with disabilities”. People could get extra sleep during long rides or just a quick nap on your way to work. During a ride you could get your work done. Instead of wasting 2 hours driving to and from work everyday you could put that time to better use by getting some work done. Roads will be significantly better because of self driving cars.
If they can spend less time in the car, then they can spend more time with their family.”Assuming all that, Americans on average travel about 10 miles per trip three times a day for 20 minutes each. That translates to an hour a day in improved productivity.”(Schmitz) This is saying that there will be more time spent doing other things than driving with an hour(approximately) more of productivity. Driverless cars will also make commute faster because it will make it so the speed limits can be increased due to safer driving conditions. More time spent with the family will mean an overall happier country.This will also mean that there will be more people living in suburban areas. Less people will be in the
Some people may think that driverless cars should be allowed on the road because it benefits people. “In the US, more than 30,000 in traffic-related deaths every year. But self-driving cars could drastically reduce the number of accidents helping to save thousands of lives” (Thompson). Driverless
Imagine a future, where nobody ever has to risk their lives, on a daily basis transporting themselves wherever they need to go; rather, a robotic chauffeur will do it for them. Autonomous cars (also known as driverless cars, or self driving cars) may seem like a far off prediction for the future, but the reality of driverless cars is coming faster than one might think. Driverless cars are in some ways an end result of over a hundred years of engineering. Ever since the first cars, automotive engineers have been inventing and innovating ways to make cars safer and simpler to drive, inventions and innovations such as, automatic transmission, anti-lock brakes, traction control, airbags, cruise control, seat belts, drive by wire, adaptive cruise
The adventure of driving a car for the first time is rapidly seizing to exist. We may never get that time with our kids, teaching them the thrill it is to drive. The experience we all remember shall die off with our generation; a sacrifice we have to make to ensure our lives are safer. The self-driving car is still not completely autonomous but significant progress has been made just in the last few years to make a fully self-driving car a reality. The history, mechanics and the future of the car all help lift this to the next level. The changes we would have to fully accept as our lives for once are not in our control but instead our lives are in the control of technology.
In my essay, I’m planning on writing about self-driving cars. The moral issue I want to focus on is the idea of artificial intelligence replacing human drivers. This identifies as a moral issue because we place our safety in the hands of the artificial intelligence that supposedly reduce human error. This issue is important to an engineer considering the group that is implementing this AI to help keep drivers safe and the possible risks they will face of the consequences if things take a wrong turn. In the public eyes, there would be some criticizing self-driving cars as unsafe and there will be those who are willing to try them.
The cars provide a benefit to society, explained by Johnson, by using sensor technology to “better perceive the environment better than humans.” As a result, It could help provide transport for the elderly and disabled who are not able to drive because of their disabilities. The technology can also “decrease the number of crashes caused by distracted drivers and potentially largely decrease the percentage of accidents”, according to Gemalto. Although people want self-driving cars for safety on the road, many people believe they still might be endangered by the vehicles.
Self-driving cars also known as autonomous vehicles will change the road system works. Imagine a vehicle where a driver is not necessary and takes you everywhere all on its own. It would allow you to do many things that you would normally be unable to do during your daily commute to work, running errands, and even going to places for ones on leisure. Think about all the things you could have done if you did not have to drive. You may have been able to make some slight changes to that report that you were working on to make it or read a book that you never had the time to read since you were always busy doing something else.
One of the big benefits of using a self-driving car is that there is nearly no chance for error. The computer can calculate the speed, obstacles, distance, behavior, and location. Human drivers on the other hand, tend to fall victim to human error. Such mistakes include fatigue, drunk driving, distracted driving and speeding. Car accidents being one of the largest causes of death in the world, this reliable technology could without a doubt save millions of lives, saving the economy a large amount of money on medical costs and automobile damage. These damages add up to billions of dollars each year and this doesn’t include the other costs in damages due to the rippling effects of societal harm. Such technologies could also improve economic efficiency. As many people say, “Time is money.” This could improve much wasted time in everyday life due to commuting. Without the need to adapt to other drivers, there will be significantly less road congestion. Human driving acts such as cutting lanes and slowing down to do so has actually been proved to be a cause in traffic by slowly and consistently slowing down all other cars. All cars would be able to move at the same speed, so you don’t have to deal with that one slow car that all drivers encounter. While being driven you can also be more productive while in the car like being able to work, eat breakfast, or have conversations with other passengers without having
Nowadays, computers have been applied in new cars. The driverless car is a work in development that is actually important in technology where a computer would drive the car instead of a person. There is a lot of good things and bad things about the driverless car. I choose this topic because I like to do research about new technology. The problem I’m seeing in the self-driving car is safety. The computer or the self-driving car needs human to operate in time of mechanical or computer failure. That puts the passenger and people surrounding in danger. The driverless car seems more frustrating and exhausting. Even though I believe in technology but I would rather drive an automatic
A beneficial effect of self driving cars are all the improvements to safety and vehicle efficiency
Though the rates of deaths by vehicular accidents might go down a little fraction this is unlikely; the deaths from accidents will still occur technology can not prevent them in every way or forever at that. All things considered, self-driving cars will still play a part in vehicular accidents making them just as dangerous as regular