Why The Driverless Cars Are The Future Of Travel

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.

    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

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.

Do you think that driverless car are coming in the future to help us out? Driverless cars will be here before you know it, but will they be a good thing or a bad one. Driverless cars will not be a good thing because you still need to learn how to learn, they will be expensive, and if the driverless car crashes no one would be liable.

Driverless cars could easily double the cost of the car. With the amount of added technology that these cars will need the cost of the car will be significantly higher than the car that isn't driverless. The passage states," Google's Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. " This shows the amount of expensive technology that is added to these cars. These cars, along with being practically pointless are also incredibly expensive.

The second reason why driverless cars should not be the norm on the road is because so many more federal laws would have to be made in order for the responsibilities of the car to be formed. The article states, “The development of these vehicles would also inevitably mean more state and federal regulation covering how, when and where driverless cars can be used.” This shows that getting a driverless car can be a waste of money because you can only drive it in certain places.

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.

For people who live out of a city a driverless car would be the best thing cause you wouldn't be the one driving the car would do it for you. Some people would prefer to live further out of the city with driverless cars. It would make longer trips much better without taking stops for the driver to take a break.

Our future is intense and frightening, but overall, unpredictable. We will have driverless cars soon in our world. They will overtake our roads and means of transportation. In my opinion, I think there is both good and bad with these driverless cars. There is both pros and cons dealing with this future. This future for cars will reduce drunk driving, reduce traffic jams, and reduce expense on the driver and our planet. The downside however, will come with putting millions out of business. Driverless cars are technology, and technology is not perfect, it sometimes crashes and does not always work the way we want it to. We do know that humanity is not perfect either. Humanity makes mistakes just as much as technology. So in this essay, I will talk about perspective one, perspective two, and perspective three, all talking about how driverless cars are good and bad for the future of our world.

4th reason why driverless cars are a good idea because they would reduce car accident deaths. According to the conversation “driverless cars are already here but the roads aren't ready for them” Mark wilson, Professor and Program Director, Urban & Regional Planning, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University, “Additionally, [cities] could make the roads safer. Almost 6000 American pedestrians and more than 37,000 drivers and passengers die in car crashes every year. Despite the two recent fatalities tied to autonomous driving, it’s likely that this number would be lower without people in the driver's seat.” This evidence shows if there were driverless cars there would be less car

To begin with the automobile has a long history that impacted society. The first automobile was made in 1807 by Francois Isaac De Rivaz. It was fueled by hydrogen. The first gasoline

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.

People that are blind could then have the ability to drive wherever they so choose. In addition, people who use a wheelchair every day could simply roll up to the car and go. Driverless cars would drastically cut traffic tickets in half. You would also have more time for other things while your car is driving you such as working on homework, talking on the phone, drinking coffee, and the list goes on and on.

The benefits of driverless cars as public pooled transportation for consumers is they can have a very safe environment for the trip. Because the car is driving itself and have standard driving process, so it would not have a bad trip and no more bad driving attitude driver. For cities, in a city it can avoid a lot of accidents due to a dense environment. It also can decrease people die from car accidents. For google, they can collect a lot of data from the people and traffic to decrease people travel time. The other thing is they do not need to hired driver anymore.

The invention of the automobile cannot be credited to just one man or woman. “. It is estimated that over 100,000 patents created the modern automobile.” (inventors.about.com). In the later 1700s, Engineers began to experimenting with motor power vehicles. In 1769, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot, a mechanic and engineer from France, invented the first road vehicle that was propelled by its self. “Steam engines powered cars by burning fuel that heated water in a boiler, creating steam that expanded and pushed pistons that turned the crankshaft, which then turned the wheels”(inventors.about.com). Steam engines were very heavy so it was a bad design for road vehicles. It was powered by a steam engine and it could move at the very slow speed of 2 and half miles per hour. It only had three wheels and it had to stop every fifteen minutes to build up enough steam to keep on moving. The French Army used it to carry their weaponry. Cugnot drove his vehicle into a stone wall in 1771 which made him the first person to get into an accident with a motor vehicle (inventors.about.com).