Are self-driving cars safe?
As technology advances, cars are becoming more enhanced and innovative. For instance, Tesla Motors launched a vehicle that is electric and drives itself, with the supervision of a human. However, other manufacturers/ companies, like Google and Uber, want to get rid of the steering wheel and pedals, to make the vehicle fully driverless. In the article, “When robots and humans take turns at the wheel,” Russ Mitchell explains the possible safety outcomes of self-driving cars. He believes that self-driving cars “would not be safe.” To prove his belief, Mitchell uses ethos, pathos, and logos. Because there are many, positive and negative, stories about self-driving cars flowing around the media, writers are taking …show more content…
By including the thoughts of Hod Lipson, the director of Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab, and Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina, Mitchell improved his Ethos.
Mitchell included two experiments/ tests, the first by Engineering researchers in the psychology department at the University of Utah and the second by the National Public Radio. The University of Utah’s experiment was to “measure [driver’s in semiautonomous simulations] reaction when something goes wrong.” The study showed that reaction time increased significantly. The study formed by the NRP, showed the number or deaths, and the alarming 10% that were a result of “distracted driving.” With the disturbing results, the author used logos to advocate the safety hazards in self-driving cars.
Although self-driving machinery sounds exciting, Mitchell did a great job in letting his audience know about the lack of protection they can display. However, he could have found more sources to help with his ethos. Nonetheless with the constraints, Mitchell found an exigence, spoke to his audience, and influenced them by using ethos, pathos, and
As technology advances, cars are becoming more enhanced and innovative. For instance, Tesla Motors launched a vehicle that is electric and drives itself, with the supervision of a human. However, other manufacturers/ companies, like Google and Uber, want to get rid of the steering wheel and pedals, to make the vehicle fully driverless. In the article, “When robots and humans take turns at the wheel,” Russ Mitchell explains the possible safety outcomes of self-driving cars. He believes that self-driving cars “would not be safe.” To prove his belief, Mitchell uses ethos, pathos, and logos. Because there are many, positive and negative, stories about self-driving cars flowing around the media, writers are taking …show more content…
By including the thoughts of Hod Lipson, the director of Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab, and Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina, Mitchell improved his Ethos.
Mitchell included two experiments/ tests, the first by Engineering researchers in the psychology department at the University of Utah and the second by the National Public Radio. The University of Utah’s experiment was to “measure [driver’s in semiautonomous simulations] reaction when something goes wrong.” The study showed that reaction time increased significantly. The study formed by the NRP, showed the number or deaths, and the alarming 10% that were a result of “distracted driving.” With the disturbing results, the author used logos to advocate the safety hazards in self-driving cars.
Although self-driving machinery sounds exciting, Mitchell did a great job in letting his audience know about the lack of protection they can display. However, he could have found more sources to help with his ethos. Nonetheless with the constraints, Mitchell found an exigence, spoke to his audience, and influenced them by using ethos, pathos, and