Photo by the New York Times By Miles Cevallos
Technology Editor Recently, many large companies across the globe have begun investing in and developing driverless cars. This sudden surge of technological advancement has caused a lot of people to be skeptical and concerned about the safety of these cars and how well they will be able to drive. “It’s a stupid idea.” said Brandon Valentine. “People can easily hack into the car’s computer and change the directions so it goes off a bridge, or crashes into other cars.” In a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult, it appeared as though many people agree with Valentine’s thoughts on the subject. 51% of all the 1,896 people who participated in the poll said they would not ride in a driverless car, and over 75% were concerned with road safety and glitches in the car’s programming. However, some people think that driverless cars are totally safe. 16 percent of the people said it would be okay to sleep in a driverless car, and 15% said it would be ok to be under the influence of alcohol while riding around in a driverless car. Despite the fact that car crashes kill over 1 million people a year, and that 90% of those car crashes occur due to human error, scientists working on driverless cars are trying to make them drive more like humans. “There are other ingredients than pure technology” said Dr. Wolfgang Epple, head of the R&D department at Jaguar Land Rover. Jaguar is currently studying the best way to develop autonomous cars, with their studies showing “the natural driving behaviours and decision making” of humans. Comments are closed.
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