Intermodal transport

Would you really trust something that you are not controlling, especially a car? Driverless cars has been a debate for the last couple of years. Potholes, bad weather, and other distracted cars can make that 1.3 million death rate a year go up to 2 million a year with driverless cars. With driverless cars, computers will know exactly where you are going when you step into your car. Wouldn’t you want some privacy? Driverless cars are not a good idea. For instance, distracted cars have the…

Talking on the phone puts a cognitive strain on drivers, thereby limiting their attentional resources behind the wheel. The duration of a cell phone conversation elicits more distractions on driving than peripheral factors such as holding, dialing or answering the phone. In addition, a high level of engagement in a conversation guarantees more inattention than simple dialogue, which triggers fewer deviations from one’s lane. The complexity of a phone call may vary from a controversial topic to a…

Piece by Piece: The End of Walking Antonia Malchik, wife, mother, privileged American, confronts the American people on their laziness, privilege, and ignorance to the act of walking. Malchik believes that the age of walking has been overtaken by people in cars and strives to convince the people of America too pen their eyes and see what we’re becoming. “Walking is the first legacy of our post-ape genes”, she says, “H. sapiens came only after H. erectus” (par. 5). The average human was created…

Abstract: A company releasing self driving technology to the public needs to consider the outcomes that might come from the vehicle and the factors that could change the design of the car. Many factors such as laws, cost, economic impact, safety, and the public reception play into the outcomes and design constraints. All of these factors embody social and economic turnouts that could grow from the introduction of an autonomous car to the public. Essay: Promise of autonomous cars has painted a…

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…

Driverless vehicles used to be a concept only possible in a science-fiction film, but now it soon revolutionises the transportation industry. Singapore has been no stranger to the concept, being the first country in the world to implement on demand driverless taxis (Abdullah, 2016). The notion of driverless cars would proliferate and soon become a leading technological advancement. Hence, it is worth examining the prospects and extent of driverless cars in greater detail. One of the main…

In the 1960s Americans dreamed of an age where they would travel with jet packs. What once started as a crazy idea came to reality years later. Driverless cars are the jet packs of our era. As technology evolves two groups of people exist; those that push for the evolution of technology and those that resist. Driverless cars are not exempt from opposition. David Mindell, a professor at MIT, argues full automation is not always the best option (Dizikes). Using examples such as the space program…

Driving is the main type of transportation that people use to get around, as it is convenient and can make things easier for the typical busy-body of today . Driving can also be dangerous; if someone irresponsible is driving, it can lead to the person hurting , or even killing , themselves or others. Teenage driving should be eliminated in the United states, it will lower traffic, students would have to take public transportation thus causing less pollution, and , since the teenage…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) states that in 2013,10 percent of all fatal crashes,18 percent of injury crashes and 16 percent of all motor vehicle crashes were distraction-affected crashes. Sixty-five percent of near crashes and approximately 80 percent of automobile crashes involve some type of distraction within the three seconds prior to the incident. In 2014, the state of Kentucky experienced more than 53,500 crashes, which resulted in 169 fatalities and in…

In the passages in the article What if busy cities had no cars on the streets? By newsela there are two different points of view on the topic whether there should be cars in the city. The author of the first passage believes that there should not be cars allowed in cities from a couple reasons. He believes that there should be no cars on the street because it is good for local businesses, has health benefits, it's less noisy, and no worry of being hit by cars. On the other hand, the author of…