Pros And Cons Of Self-Driving Cars

The government should subsidize research to make self-driving cars by the year 2020 for three reasons. First and foremost, according to “Autoinsurancecenter.com”, there would be less civilian casualties on the highways, 81 percent of car crashes are a result of human error, and computers would take a lot of danger out of the equation entirely. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) “fatalities from traffic incidents happen on an annual basis upwards of 33,000 people from distracted driving”. Public Speaker “Sebastian Thrun” once stated that with self-driving cars we could do away with traffic jams on highways? Realizing “us” TED users spend an average of 52 minutes per day in traffic, wasting your time on your daily commute. This

The “eno study” concluded that if 10 percent of all cars were self-driving, as many 211,000 accidents would be prevented annually. Approximately 1,100 lives would be preserved, and economic cost of car accidents would be reduced to $20 billion. Also according to “Autobytel.com”, the eno center’s study found up to 4.2 million accidents could be prevented; 21,700 lives preserved and more than $400 billion in related cost could be eliminated. Next, another benefit of self-driving cars is with the computers controlling the car it wouldn’t be room for aggressive and selfish drivers in return less road violence. However, there is another benefit to self-driving cars traveling down the highway and communicating with one another at regularly spaced intervals. More cars could fill up space on the highway simultaneously because they would need to occupy less space on the highway. According to “Columbia University’s study”, showed highway capacity measured in vehicles per hour per lane could be increased to nearly 12,000, given a scenario in which 100 percent of the cars on the highway were self-driving and communicating with one another at 75 MPH. According to a “Google Study” another benefit to self-driving cars is that it would be