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The Pros And Cons Of Self Driving Vehicles

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Self-driving vehicles are an emerging, and seemingly inevitable technology. The ability for cars, trucks, and industrial vehicles to pilot themselves has the potential to transform the lives of a large portion of the population by rendering their jobs obsolete. The software that powers these vehicles is unproven, and many safety concerns exist for self-driving vehicles operating on public roads. Considering the lack of clear rules and regulations regarding the use of autonomous, and semi-autonomous vehicles, this technology presents unique moral and ethical dilemmas. In this paper, I evaluate the ethical concerns regarding self-driving vehicles, and attempt to answer the question: when should we allow completely driverless cars to operate on …show more content…

While driverless vehicles have the potential to convenience drivers and optimize efficiency on public roads, they also have the potential to render the jobs of millions of Americans obsolete. Trucking jobs represent a significant form of employment in areas where not many other forms of employment exist -- special consideration should be taken when developing policy that could eliminate these jobs. When it comes to the safety of self-driving vehicles, according the most recent annual report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were more than 32,000 fatal crashes on United States highways in 2015 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2015). The number of fatalities from self-driving vehicles is currently extremely low, but as the technology continues to spread, the number will inevitably rise. This has the potential to impact any driver who operates on public roadways. Policies developed to regulate self-driving vehicles should also take special consideration in the protecting the safety of

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Robert Peterson’s article, “Will Self Driving Cars Be Good for America?” (2016), asserts that Americans are ready for autonomous cars, and that self-driving cars have many advantages over their counterparts. Peterson first develops his claim by stating that Americans have used autonomous travel ever since horses pulled buggies, and that autonomous travel is not new, it is just better; Peterson then supports his claim by presenting a statistic which states that roughly 32,000 people die each year from vehicular accidents and 93-95% of them are caused by human error, Peterson advocates that self-driving cars would decrease the number of fatalities from such accidents, as the technology of the vehicles would work to avoid these tragedies, and

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Millions and millions of jobs will be lost due to self driving vehicles pizza places businesses they will all use driverless vehicles they save more money in the long run. People losing jobs is not good because then I lose money and if they lose money how are they going to serve the mouse food in our house. This is proving my claim because self driving cars aren’t good. This is proving my claim because self driving cars aren’t good. James Hoffa states in an article “experienced drivers play huge role in safety of heavy vehicles and that shouldn’t change”.

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The primary audience for my report is TESLA Is it possible that a driverless car can be created without the fear of fatal accidents? Annotated Bibliography Sule, S., Gupta, K., & Desai, V. (2015). AUTONOMOUS CARS: THE FUTURE OF ROADWAYS.

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