Research Paper On Self-Driving Cars

Most people believe that these self-driving cars are going to make our roads much safer than they are with human drivers. According to an article titled “Road Crash Statistics” by the Association for Safe International Road Travel, “nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 a day.” They also claim that road crashes is the ninth leading cause of death. Obviously automobiles are dangerous, but they are also very effective for transportation. According to Statista there were over 7 million cars sold to U.S. customers in 2014. Even though automobiles have caused so many deaths, most people really need them.

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Self-driving cars will soon be in their rearview mirrors. I do believe Americans are ready for cars that can drive themselves?, and it be safe for “ai’s” on the road instead of normal human drivers?, and this will be beneficial to traffic, crashes, and time? With General Motors vehicle-to-vehicle, or V2V, communications technology in some of its upcoming Cadillac models, it will definitely reduce the many crashes we have each year, because of it's ability to brake and avoid hitting other cars. Who knows when these new “self-driving-cars” will be on the road, or weather they'll help make the road a safer place, but with technology advancing every day let's just say it might come sooner than we

“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.

How will technology benefit our driving in the future? Waymo known as the first Google Self Driven car began as a project under Google in 2009. According to Google they describe Waymo as a mission to safely drive people around and get them to where they need to be.

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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.

Lastly, Google is currently at the helm of development for the cars. Other auto manufacturers might sell fewer cars in the event that Google's version takes off. If Google’s version takes off, all the manual driving car dealerships will eventually end up going out of business because they wouldn’t be making any revenue. Driverless cars would likely be out of the price range of most ordinary people when generally introduced, likely costing over $100,000. If the car were crash, without a driver, who's fault is it: Google/the software designer, or the owner of the vehicle?

First and foremost, self-driving cars have a lot of advanced technology used in their system. They're many different sensors, lasers, and cameras used in these self-driving cars. They have all this to help them maneuver through the roads, highways, and roadwork conditions. First off, one prominent laser that is being used in Googles self-driving cars is LIDAR. For instance, LIDAR lasers use 64 lasers spinning at 900rpms on the roof of a car to create a 360-degree view (source D). It sends out light waves to the surrounding area and back to the same spot to measure the distance between objects. In other words, what this laser does is help the car see and detect many obstacles in its way by using light waves. Additionally, self-driving cars just

According to the text, A glimpse of self-driving reveals a creeping revolution, “A glimpse of the coming revolution can be seen in the cars on display this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Hidden under their hoods and dashboards are sensors. The sensors are the first steps toward self-driving cars. Already, cars can park themselves, slam on the brakes to avoid crashes and adjust steering to stay centered in a lane (1).” The car will steer clear of crashes by braking before they crash occurs. The car will stay in its own lane and avoid other drivers. It will use the lane adjuster, and the “Robot” will turn away from the reckless driver. The car’s sensors will pick up the other driver and turn away. The driver less cars will be most likely not held reliable for the accident. The other car will be if it is not a driver less car. Finally there will be fewer accidents because of the driver less

Google self driving cars are a threat to humanity. Upon researching driverless cars I have come to the conclusion from what I have learned from all the information I’ve read from Google, Google services such as Youtube.com and articles that driverless cars will cause more harm than good to our humanity. There are a lot of question and no precise answers.

Imagine laying in bed watching your favorite movie, playing your favorite video game, or listening to your favorite song. Now, imagine that on your way to work or to the store. Self driving cars could make this a possibility. We have been tinkering with ideas for autonomous vehicles for almost a century and a few companies have even been successful in designing a fully functioning self driving car. Roads full of these video game-esque cars controlled by artificial intelligence or other means of autonomy may not be as distant in the future as one might think. This, being a drastic change in the way we travel, could cause many issues. Due to these potential issues, it is in our best interest to raise questions before we implement these technologies. One possible question is: have we thought out any ramifications this might cause, and if so, do we have an approach to fix them?

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

alone, vehicular accidents have killed more than 32,000 people annually for the past five years for which data is available.” (Article 1) having the self-driving car is a risk our family will have to make. “We tolerate this carnage because cars bring great utility and freedom. Self-driving vehicles deliver even greater utility by freeing driving time for other things — be it texting, working or just relaxing.’ (Article 1) With the 93% human errors we need the self-driving car so we may now text, work, eat relax on the way to work. The self-driving car may now help the disabled and the elderly people get around easier and safer. Having different types of self-driving already out there like cruise control shows how it can already be very

Google has announced that their self-driving cars will be on the road in two to five years. The company hopes that they will in America by 2020 but even if they are not people wonder if they will be safe and if we are ready to share the road with these vehicles. I believe that we will be ready for self-driving cars on the roads because we already have vehicles with system to prevent collisions such as early warnings and automatic lane changing from tesla motors. John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, he is also a member of the World Economic Forum's Global