Have you ever wanted to read a book or watch a movie while driving? How about taking a nap while on a long drive? Well the future is here and companies are now making that possible with self-driving cars. Some people have many questions when dealing with this topic like, Are they better? What if it malfunctions? Are they going to be affordable? Should we really replace humans with another machine? The answer is no, we should not replace human drivers with self-driving cars.
First, who will have access to the information our cars store? In Joseph A. Dallegro’s article “How Google’s Self-Driving car will change everything” he states that “ There’s also the question of security, as hackers could theoretically take control of their vehicles, and are not known for their restraint or civic-mindedness.” The idea of someone hacking into your car is frightening. Imagine what they could do. You could be on your way somewhere and the next thing you know, your car is driving you somewhere else because someone hacked in. …show more content…
In Sam Tracy’s article “ Autonomous Vehicles Will Replace Taxi drivers, But that’s Just the Beginning.” He says, “ There are about 178,000 People employed as taxi drivers or chauffeurs in the United States. But once driverless technology advances to the point that vehicles can be fully autonomous-- without the need for any human behind the wheel in case of emergencies-- professional drivers will become a thing of the past.” If we turn to Self-Driving cars what are all of those people going to do? What are their families going to do if that job is the only source of income, and they can’t get hired anywhere else at the moment? Many families could potentially be affected by Self-Driving cars even if they are not a taxi driver or
First, who will have access to the information our cars store? In Joseph A. Dallegro’s article “How Google’s Self-Driving car will change everything” he states that “ There’s also the question of security, as hackers could theoretically take control of their vehicles, and are not known for their restraint or civic-mindedness.” The idea of someone hacking into your car is frightening. Imagine what they could do. You could be on your way somewhere and the next thing you know, your car is driving you somewhere else because someone hacked in. …show more content…
In Sam Tracy’s article “ Autonomous Vehicles Will Replace Taxi drivers, But that’s Just the Beginning.” He says, “ There are about 178,000 People employed as taxi drivers or chauffeurs in the United States. But once driverless technology advances to the point that vehicles can be fully autonomous-- without the need for any human behind the wheel in case of emergencies-- professional drivers will become a thing of the past.” If we turn to Self-Driving cars what are all of those people going to do? What are their families going to do if that job is the only source of income, and they can’t get hired anywhere else at the moment? Many families could potentially be affected by Self-Driving cars even if they are not a taxi driver or