Fully Autonomous Cars

The self-driving car is the solution to those struggles that we all face at any time in our lives. The future of moving people and goods will bring as new transportation technologies, an these technologies will make it possible to move faster and safer than ever before, but law and regulations and rigorous planning need to take place at the same paste as these technologies. The self-driving cars are coming on our roads and I can’t wait to that day when they will not be fiction but a fact.

Many great technological feats have been accomplished in the past few years, one of the most notable would be the creation of self-driving cars. Along with the topic of what can be done with this technology, there is also the topic of what should be done with the technology from an ethical standpoint. Self-driving cars while not perfected are worth their innumerous benefits, despite the current limitations and drawbacks. Every year there are numerous incidents where the driver is responsible for a crash or even death. A self-driving car could be the very solution necessary to solving the abundance of accidents that occur daily across the nation. There are different levels of automation ranging on the amount of the drivers control of the vehicles. This technology is already being implemented in creative and helpful ways, and has been successfully tested.

Self driving vehicles is a huge change in our society. We are taking the next step into the future and creating something bigger than ever. Driverless cars can be a good thing and a bad thing in todays society. We depend on so many things now, the older we get and the more time goes on, the lazier we get. Being Americans, we are putting our thoughts and ideas to the ultimate test to create something so dangerous but so efficient. We have thought of ideas that would make our lives "easier" and less stressful. In this paper I will describe how driverless cars work, the current problems and setbacks that we are having, and how this new technology is being put to use today.

“Ninety percent of our road accidents are related to bad driving behavior; driving recklessly and speeding under the influence of alcohol, changing lanes without signaling, driving on the hard shoulder and passing through red lights.” -Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Commander in chief of the Dubai Police (Olarte, 2011). The majority of car crashes are caused by human errors, and if this proposition is implemented, the number of fatalities due to car accidents per year will dramatically plummet. In 2012, a Google driverless car had driven over 300,000 miles, with only two accidents being reported, both of which had been a human’s fault (Emerson, 2012). Autonomous cars will have quicker reflexes than humans, make more reliable judgments and will not commit silly mistakes such as texting whilst driving. As a collateral for reducing accidents, this innovation could theoretically also save the government trillions of dollars each year.

In the United States, driver error is the primary factor to blame for automobile deaths. According to the National Safety Council, in 2015, over thirty-eight thousand people died in car crashes. On average, that is 194 people killed a day. It is unacceptable to lose so many lives each year to this tragedy. Unfortunately, society has accepted this as the price of convenient transportation. However, there is an alternative. In recent years, the feasibility of affordable driverless cars is becoming a reality. The pace of current progress points to a future where driverless cars will replace humans at the wheel.

The primary concern with transportation is safety; hence the most obvious and largest benefit to the replacement of regular cars with self-driving cars is the decrease in traffic collisions. “Ninety percent of our road accidents are related to bad driving behavior; driving recklessly and speeding under the influence of alcohol, changing lanes without signaling, driving on the hard shoulder and passing through red lights.” -Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Commander in chief of the Dubai Police (Olarte, 2011). The majority of car crashes is caused by human errors, and if this proposition is implemented, the number of fatalities due to car accidents per year will dramatically plummet. In 2012, a Google driverless car had driven over 300,000 miles, with only two accidents being reported, both of which had been a human’s fault (Emerson, 2012). Autonomous cars will have quicker reflexes than humans, make more reliable judgments and will not commit silly mistakes such as texting whilst driving. As a collateral for reducing accidents, this innovation could theoretically also save the government

The article I choose from WSJ this week is the developing of fully driverless cars. Back when I was in high school, everyone was excited to get their driving license and drive to school instead of riding the bus. But of course we had to complete the driver education class to get a permit before actually being fully able to drive alone at certain hours of the day. Now, thinking about it, my children probably won’t even need a license, ever. They would even need to learn how to drive.

The idea of self-driving cars seems to be a futuristic one but is indeed closer than some might imagine. Currently, self-driving car prototypes are being produced by several companies but are not yet on the roads. Driverless cars are vehicles that don’t require a human operator; instead the car makes all the decisions on how to reach the destination. There are three different views on the idea of driverless cars. The first is that it is a revolutionary idea that must be implemented for safety and cost. The second view is that they are an unreliable idea that are not worth the money it would take to produce them. The third view is that people think driverless cars are a good idea, but they would not want to ride in them due to ethical issues such as who would be to blame in an accident. All three opinions are valid and deeply affect the process of actually producing the self-driving vehicles.

Since the beginning of self-driving cars which first began in 1925 with the creation of the Houdina Radio Control; a car operated by two cars, a transmitter, and an antenna, to now - the futuristic dream of these autonomous cars have transformed into the reality of cars we see now. These cars are nothing short of the new technology advances that have occurred over the past decade. However, with these advances many question whether or not these cars are ready to be sold, due to the fatal accident that occurred May 2016 involving the autonomous Tesla and a white truck. Due to the Tesla not being able to detect the white tractor because of technological issues, the tesla failed to stop, and since the driver was not prepared to steer, it lead to the fatal collision eventually leading to the death of the tesla owner. With the increase of these cars on the road, from companies like BMW, Daimler, Ford, Apple, Uber, and Google, this poses a serious threat to not only the people operating this autonomous vehicle but also to the surrounding drivers. I believe that autonomous cars should not be put on the road, and that these cars are not beneficial to the population.

Technology is taking over every day life, it is used from the first minute a person opens his/her eyes, to the time a person sleeps. For instance, it can start when a person picks up their smart phone to navigate the internet or to order something. Today’s society is gradually changing to that of convenience, which is largely built on the use of modern technology. For the past few years, there has been an ongoing development on the idea of the self-driving cars. Not everybody is excited about this new development. For instance, in the article, “Can You Program Ethics Into a Self-Driving Car?” By Goodall, Noah J., points out, “In each of these examples, a car is making a decision about several values—the value of the object it might hit as well

Self driving cars have been a dream to have but now that they are getting closer to be in your garage, there is many more problems than anticipated for the companies to look for. Its not only the companies that are looking for the problems but also lawmakers and citizens. They are looking at this from every side and point of view to make it all happen one day. After analyzing three sources I learned a lot more about three topics that need to be addressed before these cars take the road. If a crash happens, who takes the blame? How can the cars detect human traffic? And, how will this effect law makers? The main policy problem is if they looking at every possible scenario or not. If they are, can these problems be solved to put the autonomous

One of the main issues with self-driving vehicles is that there are ethical concerns behind the software of the systems. There are many situations in which the self-driving vehicles will have to make an ethical decision based on a certain circumstance. The problem is that there are many situations in which there is controversy on what the machine should do. Without the right amount of attention to detail, this could lead to massive amounts of injuries or even death. There are two different approaches that engineers have come up with in order to help mitigate these ethical concerns.

Imagine being able to get into your car and simply typing in your desired destination, and then reclining your seat to watch a movie or text a friend. During this time, the car is basically driving itself. Well, soon this may be possible this invention is called an autonomous car. An autonomous car, or driverless/ robotic car, is a car that is designed to drive without human interference. Essentially, drivers can program their destination into the car’s GPS system and then sit back and relax. Some of the world’s largest car companies are currently creating autonomous vehicles, such as Audi, Toyota, Volvo, Mercedes, and countless others. The driverless vehicle is now becoming a clearer and more present reality, and has been discussed and planned for decades. The autonomous vehicle offers significant benefits, but raises many questions and difficulties.

One of the major incentives for developing autonomous vehicles is the potential impact on vehicle safety. In 2009, there were 10.8 million motor vehicle accidents in the US, resulting in 35,900 deaths (Census 2012). It’s estimated that over 90% of all accidents are due to

Google’s autonomous car had clocked up 1 million miles on public roads, and the researcher planned to do more road test in the future in order to expedite launch the Google’s car. (Protalinski, 2015) The technology of autonomous car is mature enough to use. In addition, the law for autonomous car has been already passed in serval states including Florida, Nevada, and Michigan. (Boeglin, 2015) It seems to be obviously that autonomous are coming into and bringing profound effect in our daily life. However, before greeting this revolutionary vehicle, there are several problems that need to be solved, such as ethical dilemma, liability and privacy problems. In this essay, which decision is moral in emergency, who will be responsible for an accident made by an autonomous car, and how much intimate information of owner can an autonomous car use will be discussed.