Self-Driving Cars

Self-Driving Cars Our nation’s leader, President Obama has mentioned that in all of his two terms in office, the idea of the self-driving car has been a fantasy that has become a reality that will change our lives forever (qtd by Moor). It is so exciting to think that the crazy imaginations of cars is actually coming true. Self-Driving car features have recently entered the nation and for the most part, have become a success. It is something being talked about worldwide. The idea of the self-driving car sounds impractical, but it has become possible and the new technologies are emerging such as fully autonomous cars like the Tesla. A Self-Driving car provides the features that every person has been wishing for when one wants to for example,
"Because human-driven cars don’t work very well either. In 2012, there were 30,800 fatal car crashes. These crashes lead to the deaths of 22,912 drivers and passengers of cars, 4,957 on motorcycles, 4,743 pedestrians, and 726 on bicycles. So if autonomous cars worked so poorly that they killed 10,000 people a year they would still be saving around 20,000 lives,” (Ozimek). Saving that many lives sounds incredible, but is that accurate? The most talked about car accidents in today’s society is drunk driving and texting accidents. “Every day, 28 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver” (“Impaired Driving”). It is such a common thing nowadays and there is almost no possible way to minimize it, except self-driving cars. The self-driving car can act sort of as an Uber or a taxi, except it is the driver’s own car and the driver will not have to pay for the ride. It will make our roads so much safer at night time and during the weekends because it does not only protect the person who has been drinking, it also protects the people on the road driving, which also participates in the deaths caused from drunk driving accidents. The second most talked about car accidents today is texting and driving accidents. “At any given time throughout the day, approximately 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while behind the wheel of an automobile” (“Cell Phone Use While Driving Statistics”). Everybody who drives a car is always tempted to use their phone and probably does. It is scary to think that a person’s eyes and focus are on a tiny screen and not the world and people around them. Without this focus, it can lead to crashes more than a million times a year which may include deaths. “The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes