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Driverless cars are the technology of the future. There is no longer a need to drive using your hands, just type in your destination in the GPS, and the car gets you there. These cars are still being tested, but they are expected to get on the roads soon. There are some drawbacks that have held up the process to let these cars on the roads, but the companies will fix these problems. Driverless cars have a lower crash rate than humans, they are safe, and don’t make mistakes like people do on the road.

Vehicles have now been around more than a hundred years. However, the industry of cars is now on the verge of becoming totally revolutionized. Many automobile brands are currently working on developing and testing autonomous vehicles, better known as self-driving cars. The goal of this project is to completely eliminate human interactions with the vehicle. By this means, 10 million autonomous vehicles are expected to be on the road by 2020 and become mainstream by the year of 2030. However, many feel as if this project has no purpose. Cars were meant to be driven and people feel that autonomous vehicles will drastically upset the thriving U.S

In the article, “Will Self-Driving Cars be Good for America” (March 10, 2016), Robert Peterson argues that America is ready for self-driving cars to take over the streets. The author first reports the statistics of car related accidents in America, and how much the damages have cost in all; he then presents all the benefits of autnomous cars by discussing how it will benefit people of all ages by limiting expenses, and being able to reach a destination without the need for a license; and to conclude, he then finishes his article by alerting the audience that they need to get ready for what’s about to happen to the automotive industry in America. His purpose is to inform the reader in order to convince them that autonomous cars are the only

Did you know that driverless cars are most likely going to be in our future? Neither did I but the driverless cars would be able to reduce traffic jams, save billions on gasoline, and can communicate with each other and the environment around them. The fact that driverless cars are going to be a part of our future is big, so we need to give them a chance.

The driverless car would be a great innovation to have in your everyday life because it will allow cities to not be as congested. Firstly, this technology will become increasingly reliable and affordable, which will allow dense, urban locations to become more spread out in population (Dashevsky). This demonstrates that when this innovation

In her article “To Hit the Road, Driverless Cars Must Be Safe, Not Perfect,” Nidhi Kalra argues that because humans are untrustworthy when it comes to safe driving, we should adapt to driverless cars. She provides three premises to support her argument. First, she presents the data of deaths and injuries that were caused by human mistakes. Second, she points out that even though driverless cars may never reach perfection, they would never make miscalculations or mistakes that human drivers make all the time, such as drunk driving, drowsy driving, or driving with distraction. Third, she argues that driverless cars offer benefits such as bettering mobility and efficiency, reducing congestion costs and land use. With these primary premises, Kalra persuades that driverless cars should hit the road one day to reduce amounts of accidents that are likely made by human drivers.

He includes organizations and people who work at a high level in different automobile industries to convey what each of their perspective is upon the idea of self-driving cars. Hence, he also used direct quotes from young Americans who don’t own a car to demonstrate having a car isn’t necessary, and demonstrates how these mobility services might impact automotive industries and smaller companies as well. Despite Boudette’s lack of adding to the text the negative perspective of autonomous vehicles, he does manage to open the minds of many citizens upon the idea of having self-driving cars in the near future is a positive thing for our growing society and how it may benefit the automobile industries as

The third and final reason that driverless cars should not be on the road is because of legal responsibilities. According to the article, it says, “The use of driverless cars would also raise issues of legal responsibility, such as who should be held responsible in the event of a crash.” This means that if a crash happens there would be a big controversy on who caused the crash. The process of purchasing the car would also take a very long time because you would have to know what to do if the car got into the crash and it wasn’t your

Uber’s driverless car is a new step on auto history. People hold different view about the driverless car. Some of them think it is a great invention because it could help a city to change its stereotyped image, like the mayor of Pittsburgh(2016, Kang). At the same time, the regular cars have many issues caused by Uber’s drivers, such as assaulting/harassing female customers, even kidnapping (2014, PICCHI). S[BT2] urely, pessimists opine driverless cars do not have human’s moral rules to judge various situations (2017, O’brien).

Despite remaining issues with technology, driverless cars should be allowed on the city streets. A car that drives itself sounds insane, but it could help thousands of people every day. Say you know someone who can’t get to places easily and is disabled, then they could use the driverless car to get to wherever they like. The driverless car is electric, which means the car is environmentally friendly and could decrease the amount of pollution. That isn’t the only thing that driverless car can provide, it is safer than most people on the road and you are most likely not to be involved in an accident. The driverless car can benefit a lot of people in need.

The influx of legislation can be linked back to the success of the first initiative relating to autonomous vehicles, and it is likely that autonomous vehicle legislation will continue to be introduced at the state level throughout the country.Google Inc. has approached several major car insurance underwriters to gauge the coverage implications of its driverless car technology available to the commercial market. (Matt & et.al., 2012). Perhaps the biggest obstacle facing self-driving cars is, not surprisingly, the lawyers. The good news is that this technology should dramatically reduce the 30,000-plus annual fatalities on the nation 's highways (Walker 2012).About four years ago, when Google team was trying to develop cars

The article taken from CQR is titled “Future of Cars: CQR”, and focuses on development, legality, public opinion, cost and environmental benefits of driverless cars stating simply the facts and statistics of the matter. Written by David Hosansky, a writer twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. However, he is by no means an authoritative source on automobiles, as his forte is environmental issues. This does not discredit his research; it enhances the debate by bringing in a unique idea about the benefits of autonomy.

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.

In recent discussions of growing technology, a controversial issue has been whether we are ready for the advancements of driverless vehicles. On the one hand, some argue that these advancements have already proven that we are ready. On the other hand, however, others argue that we need to have more experience with the technology before we can be ready. In sum, then, the issue is are we ready or not for driver-less cars. While others think that driverless vehicles can’t be trusted yet without a commission to help lawmakers with regulating the vehicles and government officials that know more about this technology to better watch over it, I believe that we are ready for this new evolving automobile because driverless vehicles already has too much potential beginning with its self-automated breaking system and warnings.

After more than 80 years of waiting, the fantasy of the autonomous or self-driving cars, that has been on television shows pictures and the minds of many, are fast turning into reality. Some people anticipate their impending release to the public while other fear that same release as bringing about a doomsday. Still there are others who lie in the middle because they simply do not know much about the cars, they don’t care to know, or they are neutral about the subject. For those that just don’t know it is important for them to be informed on topics related to these cars such as: a brief history of the cars, how they work, the pros of using these cars, the cons of using these cars, the changes that will come to the situation of transportation, and public opinion. Armed with the right knowledge, people will be able to make an informed decision about what camp they fall into regarding the autonomous car when it is released.