Persuasive Essay On Self Driven Cars

Reasons we won't see Self-Driven cars on our roads anytime Soon

There is no doubt that a computer driven car can outperform a human driver in almost every way. Dr. Janet Fleetwood from the Department of Community Health and Prevention writes "The public's health has been dramatically affected by improvements in automotive design, such as seatbelts and automatic airbags, yet nothing portends a more significant reduction in morbidity and mortality rates from motor vehicle accidents than autonomous vehicles, sometimes known as "driverless, "robotic," or "self-driving" cars" (Fleetwood). So why aren't there thousands more self-driven cars on the road? There are several reasons stopping the Skynet takeover; all of them stem from us, humans. Self-driving

Eric Teoh and David Kidd from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, conducted a study that provided the results from Google's field testing of its self-driven car vs. human drivers. They reported that "Results suggest that highly-automated vehicles can perform more safely than human drivers in certain conditions, but will continue to be involved in crashes with conventionally-driven vehicles" (Teoh and Kidd). The majority of the self-driven car incidences involved a conventionally driven vehicle either rear-ending or side-swiping the Google vehicle. They also report that Google's testing was very biased and failed to report incidences that the test drivers intervened to prevent a potential crash from happening, failed to report crashes that were not considered police reportable and did not operate during inclement weather in which could be the cause of some of the human operated vehicle mishaps. These tests were conducted under supervision and highly controlled; thus, indicating that their technology is progressing but not truly ready for interaction with the general motoring public or harsh weather