Self-Driving Cars Are Bad
Self-driving cars are at risk, they’re too expensive, they won’t eliminate accidents, and they’ll put companies out of business. Self-driving cars are bad for many reasons, but here are a few. Like almost all pieces of technology, they're at a risk of being hacked. The technology is new making it an interest to hackers and at a risk of being hacked. Also because the on-board computers must store large amounts of information and data about road laws and traffic safety, people are worried it may be deleted somehow. People suffering from paranoia may be nervous about the fact that the government is or could be spying on them. Cost is another issue as these cars are very expensive. With the whole system, including computers, software, and sensors.
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Although they may reduce the number of accidents they won’t prevent them completely. There is no legal procedure for how a traffic accident case will be handled. When a car accident occurs involving a self-driving car than who will be at fault, the owner of the vehicle, the car manufacturer, the software developer. There is really no way of determining who is at fault. We know that the car's sensors can pick up traffic signals such as stoplights and road signs but they cannot detect human signals. For example, if someone was directing traffic using hand signals the vehicle’s sensors could not detect the movement and actions of the traffic director, which could lead to car accidents and pedestrian injury. There is no backup system if the main system in the car were to fail. There would have to be a way of switching from self-driving mode to manual control mode. Meaning in the event of a system failure the driver will have to take over and depending on the situation and the reaction of the driver could depend on the outcome. For example, the car could be idling out of the driveway when the system fails, or it could be driving 70 miles per hour down the freeway. The driver could react calmly and carefully and pull over off the road or away from others or could panic and cause the car to go out of control which would cause an
Although they may reduce the number of accidents they won’t prevent them completely. There is no legal procedure for how a traffic accident case will be handled. When a car accident occurs involving a self-driving car than who will be at fault, the owner of the vehicle, the car manufacturer, the software developer. There is really no way of determining who is at fault. We know that the car's sensors can pick up traffic signals such as stoplights and road signs but they cannot detect human signals. For example, if someone was directing traffic using hand signals the vehicle’s sensors could not detect the movement and actions of the traffic director, which could lead to car accidents and pedestrian injury. There is no backup system if the main system in the car were to fail. There would have to be a way of switching from self-driving mode to manual control mode. Meaning in the event of a system failure the driver will have to take over and depending on the situation and the reaction of the driver could depend on the outcome. For example, the car could be idling out of the driveway when the system fails, or it could be driving 70 miles per hour down the freeway. The driver could react calmly and carefully and pull over off the road or away from others or could panic and cause the car to go out of control which would cause an