Self Driving Cars : Is It All Over The World?

Each generation, has given something to humanity, that the majority of us, thought was impossible, and no way is it going to happen. Some people believe that self-driving cars is good for the future and others think it will make us depend on technology too much. In all truth self-driving cars, has a lot of potential and unanswered questions: Google has been demonstrating its driverless technology over the past few years by bringing computerization into what has, for over a hundred years, been solely a human activity (Driving an automobile). It has done this by retrofitting Toyotas, Lexus’s and Nissan with cameras and sensors. “Major car manufactures already market and sell high-end vehicles with features like automated braking self-parking, lane- departure warning, and variable speed cruise control.”(Guerra) there is no doubts about self-driving cars have potential but the technology has serious questions to address. “With the news that driverless cars are coming to our roads, should we be discussing what will happen when the cars has to choose between the safety of its occupant and the safety of the road users.” (Wise) Will the car drive itself off a bridge to avoid an accident? Or run into the side walk to avoid hitting a pedestrian are all the serious questions brought up by people.

    Driverless vehicles, or the self-driving car, is defined as any car with features that allow it to accelerate, brake, and steer a car’s course with limited or no driver interaction (BI Intelligence par.4). When most people hear the term “driverless vehicle”, people instantly think cars that drive all by themselves, meaning that the vehicles are able to completely control themselves while the driver can sit back in the driver’s seat as if they were the passenger. The reality is that it will actually be a few years before fully self-automated vehicles will make their debut on the road, but for now the car companies and manufacturers are adding self-driving features of the latest models of cars. For example, the 2016 BMW i3 has the capability to self-park itself without the need of the driver to control the steering wheel. This reduces the risk of the driver hitting another vehicle while

This paper will analyze the key legal issues with respect to legalizing self-driving cars in the United States of America. The legal issues to be analyzed will include…

Right now self-driving cars and trucks are hitting the road and will soon be available to the general market . Major companies like Google, Tesla, Uber and Delphi are leading in autonomous cars industry. In the past few years, these companies have made great strides improving this technology. Addressing the concerns for this technology must be concluded before it reaches the general public. Given the current state of automobiles that don’t need drivers the American consumer needs to be mindful that moral decisions this technology is handling puts them at risk due to the fact that this is emerging technology, laws are being made that will shape this technology, and who is choosing who lives and who dies.

“Humans have since the days of Leonardo da Vinci’s supposed robotic cart dreamed of true automobiles: Self-driving cars” (Vanderbilt). Today the possibility of riding around in self-driving automobiles is more real than ever. Today there are self-driving cars being tested by multiple companies such as Google, Ford, Uber, General Motors, and more. The question everyone is asking is, are these self-driving vehicles safe? Some people argue that they are going to reduce the amount of fatal crashes in the world while others say they are more dangerous than human drivers. Self-driven vehicles promote more road safety

“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.

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.

One of the biggest challenges facing autonomous cars is legal issues. As of right now computer technology and artificial intelligence face numerous legal battles. Most people have heard of the technology that Google is creating in an attempt to make a “driver-less” car. As the technology gets more attention in the news Google’s driverless car has become a very opinionated and sensitive topic. People often ask questions like “What if Google’s car hit someone? Who would be at fault for the accident Google or the owner of the car?” These questions are currently being debated at the state and federal levels.

The purpose of this paper is to look at where the moral responsibilities would lie should a collision happen with an autonomous vehicle. Julian Nida-Rumelin, PhD and President of the interdisciplinary Munich Center for Ethics at the University of Munich, along with his graduate student Alexander Hevelke try to determine philosophically where responsibility should be placed both criminally and financially in the event of a car crash.

Technology continues to take over human beings as it develops. Self driving cars aides us when we drive its sensors and other functions to keep us from the dangers of accidents. These robots follow the code that they are programmed, so they strictly follow what has been told to do before hand. Which makes the aiding process harder for the programmer to code because it entirely depends on the context and they need to code that would suit every single accident. However, when the machine considers how to deal with the accident it needs to decide who to sacrifice or harm in order to maintain beneficence. Consequently leads to a problem from a business point of view. Possible solutions to these ethical issues of self driving cars are based on whether

Self-driving cars also face ethical and human behavior issues. How will self-driving cars decide who will live and who will die in quick decision making situations (Nelson, Gabe)? “If an accident is truly unavoidable, what decisions will the car face?”-Damier, CEO Dieter Zetsche.

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 are very useful in many ways. For example, self-driving cars can prevent crashes because most crashes are because of human error, and there are no ways for a self- driving car can get “distracted”. However, self-driving cars have some limitations to what they can do, and makers can access to these situations quite easily.

In order to eliminate any negative outcomes that may emerge when developing self-driving vehicles, it is important that society takes the necessary steps in order to help prevent them. Self-driving vehicles are a technology that has the potential to be a very powerful tool to advance the transportation market. However, many of the ethics behind the systems are still being debated and without careful consideration of design and ethics, self-driving vehicles could lead to serious consequences.

Our world is rapidly and continually becoming more and more technologically advanced. In 2020 we will reach a new frontier. A frontier where technology and machines replace humans and where artificial intelligence takes control. This frontier is self driving cars. It is a frontier in which human error will be eliminated and accidents will be reduced by 90% on roadways because humans will no longer be in control (Hudda). Safety features including sensors, connectivity, and software algorithms will create this frontier in which roads are safer. Features that fit specifically into these categories include emergency breaking, constant 360 degree monitoring and vision, and automatic parking. Every year roughly 1.3 million people die from