Today, smart cars have the ability to reply to text messages only by using one’s own voice. Texting and driving has been a huge problem because it can cause car accidents due to the distraction on the road. According to Katy Steinmetz, “NHTSA believes that this technology-known as vehicle-to-vehicle communication- stands to avoid or mitigate up to 80 percent of crashes among unimpaired drivers.” The replying to text messages feature will be beneficial for our environment because drivers will no longer need to hold their cellphones to text back. The microphone will automatically send the message. The problem of having drivers texting while driving will decrease drastically because technology will respond to the drivers command of calling or …show more content…
Carmaker companies are working hard to soon release the very first self-driving vehicle that will drive on its own with only commanding where individuals have to be at. According to John Naughton, “On Tuesday, for example, the US government issued new federal guidelines that are clearly designed to speed up the development of self-driving cars.” The U.S government approves for the development of self-driving vehicles to become accessible as soon as possible to the public. Many individuals may wonder what will the price of the self-driving car be? Would it be affordable for all social classes? As mention by Chuck Tannert, “At $320,000, that’s an exclusive purchase, and well above the mean cost of a car, truck, SUV.” The price of the self-driving car will decrease throughout the years due to the IHS Automotive, which will eventually be affordable to all the people by the 2050. The self-driving car will include Velodyne LIDAR system, visual and radar sensors, GPS array, computer and software technology that will function to make the car drive itself. With the future projections of the self-driving car there are possible beneficial outcomes and potential problems it can cause to our