Self-driving cars were first thought up back in the 1970s but were never researched and developed until three Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Challenges. The engineers who presented the most refined idea of a car that does not need a driver became the pioneers of self-driven cars and laboratories sprung up around the United States. In 2009, Google begins developing its self-driving car project, now called Waymo, and by 2013, major automotive companies including General Motors, Ford, Mercedes Benz, BMW, and others are all working on their own self-driving car technologies. Upper-class cars, since 2014, add semi-autonomous features such as self-steering, the ability to stay within lanes, accident avoidance, and more. Self-driving
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Furthermore in the article "HANDS-FREE RIDE: sit back and relax: Self-driving cars are becoming a reality." Jennifer Barone writes, “Talking or texting, checking navigation systems, or adjusting music while driving can lead to deadly crashes. More than 30,000 people die in auto accidents in the U.S. every year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Millions more are injured or disabled. Human error contributes to more than 90 percent of crashes” (Barone n.pg). The decrease in traffic collisions will help to save a lot of people. Humans don’t have as quick reflexes as the electronics of a self-driving car. The human body needs about 1.5 seconds to react to a situation on the road. By just cutting the time in half by a speed of 50 mph it means you will only travel 55 ft instead of 110 ft which can help to save lives. And by connecting self-driving cars the following car can brake at the same and prevent a collision. Last but not least the author of “Are Driverless Cars a Good Idea?” explains that each year, 1,3 million people worldwide die in car accidents, which are a death by accident every 25 seconds. He also claims that 94 percent of those crashes are due to human error. This tragedy could be solved …show more content…
In “What the World Will Look without Drivers.” Erin Biba writes, that American commuters spent almost 7 billion hours in slow moving traffic in 2014. She also claims that people with commutes longer than 40 minutes are unhappier, more stressed and experience more worry than people with only a 10-minute commute. This shows us that we are not only losing time in slow-moving traffic or traffic jams on our way to work, we lose the happiness and Purpose in our lives. By eliminating those factors people could live happier, longer and enjoy their time at work. Another author writes in “Driverless Future?”, “these cars will benefit the public in ways that many people don't yet appreciate. ‘Most of us in the U.S. commute all alone in a single car--the average American driver spends 51 minutes to and from work every day,’ says Raj Rajkumar, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. ‘This is wasted time and wasted productivity. Driverless cars would be a big win for productivity. You can spend 45 minutes doing something productive, including taking a nap’” (Greenhouse n.pg). With the opportunity to work in your car, you can save time in the office and spend more time with your family and the persons you love which will affect your mood and productivity. It also allows people to prepare for a meeting or a
Furthermore in the article "HANDS-FREE RIDE: sit back and relax: Self-driving cars are becoming a reality." Jennifer Barone writes, “Talking or texting, checking navigation systems, or adjusting music while driving can lead to deadly crashes. More than 30,000 people die in auto accidents in the U.S. every year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Millions more are injured or disabled. Human error contributes to more than 90 percent of crashes” (Barone n.pg). The decrease in traffic collisions will help to save a lot of people. Humans don’t have as quick reflexes as the electronics of a self-driving car. The human body needs about 1.5 seconds to react to a situation on the road. By just cutting the time in half by a speed of 50 mph it means you will only travel 55 ft instead of 110 ft which can help to save lives. And by connecting self-driving cars the following car can brake at the same and prevent a collision. Last but not least the author of “Are Driverless Cars a Good Idea?” explains that each year, 1,3 million people worldwide die in car accidents, which are a death by accident every 25 seconds. He also claims that 94 percent of those crashes are due to human error. This tragedy could be solved …show more content…
In “What the World Will Look without Drivers.” Erin Biba writes, that American commuters spent almost 7 billion hours in slow moving traffic in 2014. She also claims that people with commutes longer than 40 minutes are unhappier, more stressed and experience more worry than people with only a 10-minute commute. This shows us that we are not only losing time in slow-moving traffic or traffic jams on our way to work, we lose the happiness and Purpose in our lives. By eliminating those factors people could live happier, longer and enjoy their time at work. Another author writes in “Driverless Future?”, “these cars will benefit the public in ways that many people don't yet appreciate. ‘Most of us in the U.S. commute all alone in a single car--the average American driver spends 51 minutes to and from work every day,’ says Raj Rajkumar, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. ‘This is wasted time and wasted productivity. Driverless cars would be a big win for productivity. You can spend 45 minutes doing something productive, including taking a nap’” (Greenhouse n.pg). With the opportunity to work in your car, you can save time in the office and spend more time with your family and the persons you love which will affect your mood and productivity. It also allows people to prepare for a meeting or a