Luckily, Thomas Frey writes a two-page quasi-extension to Alessandri’s article, Frey’s being entitled “Hi, I’m a Robot and I’m Here to Take Your Job.” Be sure not judge this book by its cover, Frey might surprise you. Like Alessandri, Frey agrees that human workers will no longer be needed as drivers in the transportation industry after autonomous vehicles begin to popularize. Frey states that “Driverless cars [...] will replace the need for drivers,” and an extension to Alessandri’s claim, adds on by explaining, “there is never a 100% replacement rate” (Frey).…
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Everyone already knows that distracted driving is very risky, but Virginia Tech proved just how risky it can be. They used radars, sensors, and cameras to collect data from 3,500 drivers over a three-year period and documented 1,600 crashes and 905 severe crashes. From observing video evidence they found that the most common distracted methods that led to a crash were using a cell phone, reading or writing, reaching for an object, using vehicle technology, driving while highly emotional, fatigue, and interacting with an adult or teen passenger. Upon further examination, it was discovered that 68% of the severe crashes involved some type of observable distraction. Strangely, things that used to be significant in causing crashes, like putting…
According to Digital Trends, Americans use their smart phones 4.7 hours per day. Much of this time on the phone occurs while doing other things such as walking and driving. Although the dangers of smart phone distraction while driving has received lots of attention, distracted walking has received very little. It's easy to see how distracted driving in a two ton car that can potentially kill both the driver and innocent victims is dangerous. However, many don't recognize that distracted walking can be equally dangerous.…
Driving is a very dangerous activity on its own because you are moving a very heavy chunk of metal, going up to 80 MPH, in very close proximity to other cars who are doing the same thing. When you add in technology like phones, radios, and even other people, it makes driving even more dangerous. There are hundreds of car crashes a day. Any way to reduce the risk from distracted driving is a positive one.…
The High Cost of Being a Distracted Driver Distracted driving is any behaviors or activities that causes a driver to shift their focus from driving. In truth, even something as small as an engaging conversation can distract a driver behind the wheel and threaten their life and the lives of other people around them. The American Automobile Association (AAA) estimates that distracted driving accounts for about 25 to 50 percent of all traffic accidents. With more and more accidents being attributed to distracted driving, it’s important for you and other drivers to understand the real costs of driving while distracted.…
According to Edgar Snyder, 21 percent of teen drivers who died in car accidents were distracted by their phones. Teen drivers often become distracted because they are texting ,or they are on social media. Most teens are oblivious to the fact that taking your eyes off of the road for two seconds could end lives. Distracted teen drivers do not think about the consequences that could happen when they partake in reckless driving. A nineteen year old girl named Heather was this type of diver.…
Distracted driving is the act of participating in anything that has the potential to distract the driver. Distractions include engaging in conversations with the driver and turning on the music too loud. Drivers themselves as well can also engage in distractions while they drive. For example, eating while driving, watching TV, driving with ear buds in, and lastly texting. Though these actions may seem harmless they can be quite dangerous.…
Teenage Driving: Do or Don’t? People can get a driver’s license from the age of 15 in the US. Car accidents are extremely common, and a lot of them can be fatal. Is it a good idea to let teenagers drive? Well, let’s take a look at some facts.…
In this article, I will be explaining how any distraction can be caused while being a teen driver or an adult driver and what can be effected while driving distracted. There are many reasons, how you can be distracted by the most little things out there in this world. I will be explaining more about driving distractions and the effects. Distracted driving is the act of driving while engaged in other activities—such as looking after children, texting, talking on the phone or to a passenger, watching videos, eating, rubbernecking or reading. These activities take the driver's attention away from the road.…
Some of the limitations of this article include the background of the author and the perspective she brings to the topic. For example, it can be inferred that because the author is a female, being behind the wheel of a car gives her a sense of empowerment that would be taken away with the future of self-driving vehicles. If this article had been written by a man, the perspective might change because of male standings in society. There is also the issue of the author only addressing one brand of vehicles instead of multiple, such as Ford, Chevrolet, or Audi. The information provided might vary based on the specific companies involved in the future of self-driving cars.…
Autonomous cars have the ability to provide many benefits such as reducing the number of road accidents, nevertheless, vehicle crashes will happen so who is responsible for the liability? Legislators are reviewing this subject and the many legal and liability issues that come with Autonomous vehicles. There are many companies that are developing this technology which covers public transportation, personal automobiles, and tractor trailer vehicles. As cars are evolving, liability is becoming an increasingly grey area. The apportionment of liability will become murkier still in instances where it is not clear who, or what, is at fault.…
Texting while driving is defined as the act of composing, sending, reading text messages, email, or making other similar use of the web on a mobile phone while operating a motor vehicle. Mobile devices has had some unintended and even dangerous consequences. Distracted driving results in injury and loss of life. Distracted driving is any activity that could divert a person 's attention away from the primary task of driving. Texting while driving is a bad idea because distracted driving endangers life and property, which is unacceptable.…
I know that Tesla, a car company who are making the self driving cars are not completely done with it yet. it needs new updates that they are working on now for it to drive itself around. It can only park itself and drive itself into the garage. Now since that Tesla is making a self drivable car everyone else is too. For example there’s Mercedes Benz, Ford and Honda.…
Auto pilot driving, also called self-driving, a brand new industry that arises public concern currently, was initiated by Tesla Motor within current two years. As literally defines, autopilot driving is a system used in a car to drive or operate without hand-in control by drivers. Tesla Motor, obviously, is not the first enterprise, nor the only enterprise entering this new market. However, we cannot deny that this flag Silicon Valley company successfully attracts public’s focus; more importantly, it launched a new industrial revolution that other technical giants, such as Google, began to compete with Tesla in this new market. Naturally, Google establishes a department as well to research on self-driving car to catch up the technical speed.…