The creation of the automobile has gone through drastic changes since 1885. Amazingly enough, today some automobiles do not run on fuel. Most people felt the electric car was innovated, until engineers from Google introduced their technology for a driverless car. They advertised this idea as a way to decrease car accidents in the United States of America. Alarming, the Center for Disease Control estimates 33,000 people die annual from traffic accidents (Top 20 1). These cars would be a benefit to the disabled, intoxicated drivers, elderly drivers and our youth who are not old enough to drive themselves. This could be one of the greatest automotive inventions of its time, if all the technology operates as planned. There is a lot of promise
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Technology required for a driverless vehicle is oftentimes thought of as “futuristic” (Richtel, 2). A serious concern dealing with the technology in a driverless vehicle is Global Positioning System (GPS). For a driverless car, one of the key components is the GPS. A single flaw in the system could cause disaster. A one way street or an address not entered in the system are both problems that could end in death. A disturbing concern with engineers is the possibility driverless cars could be overtaken by programmers or “hackers.” Hackers could have deadly weapons in their hands if they could overtake the driverless car population (Top 20 7). Another major concern about the driverless vehicle is the cost. The cost of this technology to build a car of this type is more than the average human could afford. Eliminating the human driven vehicle will never happen as over a majority of the population in the United States could not afford the car. Only the wealthiest of people would be able to purchase these futurist vehicles (Top 20 …show more content…
For example, the driverless vehicle can not make eye contact with other drivers at a four way stop or use gestures to communicate on who is going across first. The same concern is what a driverless vehicle would do at a traffic light that lost power. Google cars also would not know how to respond to a police officer directing traffic. As stated by Richtel, “Humans and machines are an imperfect mix” (Richtel 2). Research indicated the driverless vehicles are a “stickler for rules” and this may be its greatest disadvantage. The vehicles are “too safe” (Richtel
Technology required for a driverless vehicle is oftentimes thought of as “futuristic” (Richtel, 2). A serious concern dealing with the technology in a driverless vehicle is Global Positioning System (GPS). For a driverless car, one of the key components is the GPS. A single flaw in the system could cause disaster. A one way street or an address not entered in the system are both problems that could end in death. A disturbing concern with engineers is the possibility driverless cars could be overtaken by programmers or “hackers.” Hackers could have deadly weapons in their hands if they could overtake the driverless car population (Top 20 7). Another major concern about the driverless vehicle is the cost. The cost of this technology to build a car of this type is more than the average human could afford. Eliminating the human driven vehicle will never happen as over a majority of the population in the United States could not afford the car. Only the wealthiest of people would be able to purchase these futurist vehicles (Top 20 …show more content…
For example, the driverless vehicle can not make eye contact with other drivers at a four way stop or use gestures to communicate on who is going across first. The same concern is what a driverless vehicle would do at a traffic light that lost power. Google cars also would not know how to respond to a police officer directing traffic. As stated by Richtel, “Humans and machines are an imperfect mix” (Richtel 2). Research indicated the driverless vehicles are a “stickler for rules” and this may be its greatest disadvantage. The vehicles are “too safe” (Richtel