Sunday, August 2, 2020
Are we ready for self-driving cars?
As a society of today with the technology to push boundaries we have also made things such as A.I and with A.I become precautions as well. When you drive down the street you see a guy without his hands on the steering wheel and the car is driving by itself. Autonomous cars have been made by Tesla and other companies with you not actually driving the car at all. Are we ready for self-driving cars and are they safe enough to be put on the road. From one view they say that self-autonomous cars have saved many lives including anti-lock braking and electronic stability control on slippery surfaces. With these types of cars, they can perform complex driving maneuvers and they are excepting in the future that you can hop into a car and put in a destination while you sit back and the car drives you. With features on mid-range cars including lane keep assist and automatic rear braking is the future of cars. How do you feel about this subject would you rather drive the car or let the car drive you instead to your destination? What affects would this have on accidents and what consequences are you taking if you let the computer drive? In the future, if this does happen should people still get licenses even if the care drives itself?
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If I were personally to choose between always driving myself or having an AI always drive. I'd choose to drive myself as to gain and hone a new skill. Its effects on accidents would depend on how theyre handled, to save the driver or save others, the A.I would have a priority at the risk of another party. If you let the computer drive you'd probably get lazier and pay less attention to the road. This comes at the cost of you not knowing your surroundings, which might get you lost if you're looking for a landmark, or prove deadly if somehting comes flying at the car window.
ReplyDeleteI think people should get licenses even if the car drives itself because they'd know what the rules of road are in case of an accident with a human driver, they'd know who is in the right. They'd also might need to take over the wheel if the computer driving the car malfunctions.
I can see why self-driving cars are beneficial. Personally, I would never consider buying one of these cars but I don't mind if people do. First of all, I just feel better knowing that I am in control of the vehicle and not some computer that can glitch or crash at any given moment. Secondly, these cars most likely stick only to the road and drive by Google Maps. We all know that Google Maps has a tendency to make a 10 minute drive into a 5 hour road trip. Also, the world is a dangerous place and these cars are there to limit danger on the road for you and other people. However, if this car is automatically supposed to stop if anything gets in front of it that can be a very bad thing. For example, what if a group of armed criminals step in front of the car, the car stops to save their lives, and they do whatever they wanted to the victim. It would have been better for the victim to go faster or turn around so they can live another day. Another concern I have for these cars is their ability to be hacked into by criminals or terrorists. If we have a bunch of these cars roaming the streets, hackers can use massive amounts of them to cause havoc.
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