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Driverless Cars The future is here, and most people need to be alerted to any changes. Every day people realize that something new has been innovated; therefore, people try to go for of the latest innovations. Nowadays, computers have been implemented in new cars. For example, Audi with an automatic parking system, Ford with its systems of hands-free calling and hands-free tailgate, and many other similar cars have brought new innovations to the automobile market. The reality is that in the near future we will have cars driving by themselves; as a result driverless cars should be accepted in society soon. Government should permit the driverless cars to be on the streets because they have many significant benefits that easy outweigh any …show more content…

Realizing well the potential benefits of driverless cars to the public and to the transport system DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, supports this innovation it did when the computer networking was created (2). DARPA always works to prevent technological surprises to the US, but also seeks to create technological surprise for our enemies. Also this agency is responsible for the development of new technologies for use by the military. At the present time, not many companies see the creation of driverless cars as a good investment because they are too expensive also there are too many obstacles in the way(3). Therefore, this system of transportation has not had much advance in the last decade. As a consequence, the progress in implementation of this system of transportation has stalled. However, people like Tyler Cowen, a renowned economist, consider it important for companies to invest in this new technology and feel that other companies should encourage supporting this project. Also, Tyler Cowen affirms, “The point is not that such cars could be on the road in large numbers tomorrow, but that we ought to give the cars — and other potential innovations — a fair shot so that a prototype can become a commercial product someday” (1). Michael Mandel, an economist with the Progressive Policy Institute, compares the low growth in technology with stones in the river that gradually accumulate and do not let the water flow well for the lack of

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