The Moral Challenges of Driverless Cars In his 2015 article‚ Kirkpatrick introduces the reader to the topic of self-driving cars‚ broadly outlining the significance of their development‚ as well as some of the accompanying ethical questions that require careful consideration. Most importantly‚ Kirkpatrick highlights that the advent of self-driving cars comes with the serious ethical dilemma of how they should be programmed to behave in the face of an unavoidable accident. That is‚ it is inevitable
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Efficiency of Public Transport Systems Abstract: We all hear the traffic woes everyday. The city has its share of negatives but traffic is one of the most talked about and experienced. One of the solutions generally given to solve the traffic problems is to have an efficient public transportation system. This solution basically cuts down the number of vehicles‚ and saves fuel‚ reduces pollution and in some cases is actually efficient in terms of time and money also. This paper discusses on the
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Contemporary societies heavily depend on transportation and modern social life is possible only if people have mobility on a daily basis—the ability to move around so that they can do what they have to do or like to do (Sigurd‚ 2004). On the one hand‚ high personal mobility and the lifestyle choices are features of modern societies but costs and constraints involved in meeting this demand threaten communities in important ways via financial impositions‚ increases in pollution and greenhouse effects and reduction
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TTCriders Group based on its performance at five aspects. These five aspects are about fares‚ transit expansion‚ accessibility‚ service frequency‚ and environmental impact (“TTC gets”‚ 2012). Unlike any other major city in North America‚ the TTC fares covered 70% of its operating cost‚ which was the highest fare box ratio within the 11 major North American cities (See Appendix 1). After derailed for 16 months‚ transit expansion plan finally came back on track‚ still with concerns about certainty of funds
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Firstly‚ the core of Google’s self-driving car is the rotating roof top camera‚ Lidar‚ which is a laser range finder. It can produce an array of 64 laser beams to create 3D images of objects (see Figure 8 above). This enables the car in identifying obstacles that is along the way. It is also able to calculate how far an object is from the car according to the time the laser beam takes to hit the object and return back. These lasers are of high intensity that can calculate distance and create images
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Are small cars safe? In case you’re considering a petite car for your next vehicle‚ probably you’re worried about security. The reason is that most customers think little cars don’t stand a chance in a crash with one of the numerous full-size trucks or SUVs on the streets today. Regardless is that genuinely real? Are tinier vehicles a greater number of hazardous than greater ones? We’ve scrutinized. Facts of Physics Size is basic because mass‚ coupled with enlivening chooses the force of mishap
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The sun was low and swollen‚ falling off the edge of that great faded blue abyss. The flat‚ empty horizon of reds and browns gave way to neat sections of farmland that flickered past like pages of a picture book. They were wheat fields‚ bristling and swaying in the early autumn breeze. I knew then M— wouldn’t be that much further. And it wasn’t; it appeared like a smudge of dark green on that lifeless line of longitude known as the outback. I drove through the town and the cool drape of dusk gently
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The Future of Self-Driving Cars According to loc.gov the first automobile was invented by Karl Benz around 1885 and by 1912 Thomas Russell wrote the book called Automobile Driving Self-Taught where he calls the act of driving an art and presents all the rules and steps to become a good driver; however‚ since then automobile manufacturers have been creating more cars and implementing better technologies and improving automobiles to the point that today most new cars are semi-autonomous and driving
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Everyone likes offering advice to others. It makes them feel helpful‚ knowledgeable‚ and it helps someone in need. Unfortunately when it’s about cars‚ it’s often the wrong advice. When people don’t check their facts‚ their well intended advice perpetuates car misconceptions that do more harm than good. Here are three common myths about car batteries. Not Driving Your Car Much Means the Battery Is in Mint Condition While this may be true for some of your car parts‚ it isn’t for your car battery
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Volvo Stakes Its Claim to Driverless Vehicles http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578147352673892548.html By: Charles Duxbury and John Stoll Swedish carmaker Volvo is planning to produce driverless cars that are aimed at reducing crashes‚ through the use of self-driving car technology by 2020. Volvo’s vision is that no one will be killed or injured in these driverless cars because there is no chance for human error. Volvo also believes that with the driverless car technology it’s
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