Isaac Asimov Self Driving Cars
In 1953, Isaac Asimov wrote a story about self-driving cars. It shares many similarities to what is happening right now and what will happen in the future. There are even articles talking about self-driving cars that share many similarities to what happened in Sally. There are pro’s and cons to self-driving cars, and these articles feature both. The negative of self-driving cars are similar in both articles. Both passages discuss how self driving cars help the disabled travel. “Self-driving cars could mean transportation for potentially billions of people who are unable to drive because of age, disability or income.” (Undercoffler) The Newsela article talks about all disabled people will be able to have a car of their own. “Those were the days when blind war veterans, paraplegics and heads of state were the only ones who drove automatics.” (Asimov 3) Sally talks about how disabled war veterans will be able to be in a car it does all the work.
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In both articles it talks about how someone is always behind the wheel while the car is driving just in case of emergency.
“The drivers are taught to take control of the robot car whenever there is any moment of doubt or danger.”(Liedtke,) In the Newsela article it talks about how someone is always behind the wheel. He said, "What are you dithering about, Jake? You don't think I'll trust myself to a contraption like that, do you? You stay right at the controls." I said, "But it works by itself, Mr. Harridge. It scans the road, reacts properly to obstacles, humans, and other cars, and remembers routes to travel." (Asimov 4) In Sally it talks about he is always behind the
wheel. In both articles the cars always have awareness of the road at all times unlike some humans. “V2V will provide 360-degree situational awareness on the road,"(Lowy) In this Newsela article the car has 360 degree awareness.“A positronic brain can react much faster than a human one, of course, and it paid people to keep hands off the controls.” (Asimov.) In Sally the cars are more aware than humans are but there is always a human in the car for safety reasons. In both articles they have many similarities with self-driving cars. Hopefully self-driving cars keep growing in the world and will be the future. They will be very helpful in the future so there will be fewer accidents and deaths. Sally and the Newsela article are very similar to each other. Before you know it the self-driving car will be the future.
In both articles it talks about how someone is always behind the wheel while the car is driving just in case of emergency.
“The drivers are taught to take control of the robot car whenever there is any moment of doubt or danger.”(Liedtke,) In the Newsela article it talks about how someone is always behind the wheel. He said, "What are you dithering about, Jake? You don't think I'll trust myself to a contraption like that, do you? You stay right at the controls." I said, "But it works by itself, Mr. Harridge. It scans the road, reacts properly to obstacles, humans, and other cars, and remembers routes to travel." (Asimov 4) In Sally it talks about he is always behind the
wheel. In both articles the cars always have awareness of the road at all times unlike some humans. “V2V will provide 360-degree situational awareness on the road,"(Lowy) In this Newsela article the car has 360 degree awareness.“A positronic brain can react much faster than a human one, of course, and it paid people to keep hands off the controls.” (Asimov.) In Sally the cars are more aware than humans are but there is always a human in the car for safety reasons. In both articles they have many similarities with self-driving cars. Hopefully self-driving cars keep growing in the world and will be the future. They will be very helpful in the future so there will be fewer accidents and deaths. Sally and the Newsela article are very similar to each other. Before you know it the self-driving car will be the future.