Driverless world
I think
that most of us have struggled with traffic in Warsaw. I don’t know how it
works, but there are places where we can observe traffic almost all the time.
We all have heard about driverless cars. There are obviously pros and cons of this idea which has been discussed many times.
I would like to show you a short movie presenting what a driverless world would look like.
We all have heard about driverless cars. There are obviously pros and cons of this idea which has been discussed many times.
I would like to show you a short movie presenting what a driverless world would look like.
I think
that it’s actually a great idea. As always – there could be some disadvantages
of this kind of solution like a huge amount of money and time necessary to make
the world driverless, but in my opinion it is worth implementing.
Do you see more disadvantages or advantages?
How much time would it take to implement such a solution? Will we be able to see it?
Please feel free to share your opinions and ideas J
Do you see more disadvantages or advantages?
How much time would it take to implement such a solution? Will we be able to see it?
Please feel free to share your opinions and ideas J
Comments
First of all, autonomous cars will make there will be less accidents. We all know that human is the most vulnerable factor in most processes. The same is with driving a car. Our focus, speed reaction etc. depends on a day. Computers are less dependent.
Secondly, autonomous cars will reduce traffic jams. It's possible thanks to connecting devices and sharing information. Cars could be able to connect e.g. with traffic lights or even each other. Then they could not to stop e.g. on intersections.
On the other hand, driverless world is associated with unemployment. There are approximately 3.5 million professional truck drivers in the United States. I don't know how much there are in Poland, but these people - all over the world - would lose their (well, not so comfortable and well-paid, but stil) jobs. We are not prepared for it, but in my opinion we try to do it.
To sum up, from logical point of view there are much more pros than cons, but such big change takes time. I don't know how much, but I think not as much as we all think. I'm sure it will help in many, many, many fields, but at the same time receive me the joy of driving :( :p Unfortunately it is still too weak argument :(
Speaking about unemployment - there are a lot of jobs connected with driving beyond truck drivers. For example the whole taxi business will fall. No one will use taxi, while they can "drive" after alcohol.
I fully agree that this problem is connected not only with truck drivers. I also thought about it.
I found short video about truck driver's problem
https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist/videos/10155213167719060/
so not only we, but also the economist thinks about driverless world :D
1. Without the need for a driver, cars could become mini-leisure rooms. There would be more space and no need for everyone to face forwards. Entertainment technology, such as video screens, could be used to lighten long journeys without the concern of distracting the driver.
2. Over 80% of car crashes in the USA are caused by driver error. There would be no bad drivers and less mistakes on the roads, if all vehicles became driverless. Drunk and drugged drivers would also be a thing of the past.
3. Travelers would be able to journey overnight and sleep for the duration.
4. Traffic could be coordinated more easily in urban areas to prevent long tailbacks at busy times.
Disadvantages:
1. Driverless cars would likely be out of the price range of most ordinary people when generally introduced, likely costing over $100,000.
2. Truck drivers and taxi drivers will lose their jobs, as autonomous vehicles take over.
3. A computer malfunction, even just a minor glitch, could cause worse crashes than anything that human error might bring about.
4. If the car crashes, without a driver, who's fault is it: Google/the software designer, or the owner of the vehicle?
Firstly, it is not valid to compare traffic to blood system. Regarding the latter, the direction of the flow of blood is predictable and blood cells are in general collision-insensitive.
Secondly, the current road network infrastructure is developed for decades, but we still have the same problems we can’t deal with once and for all (e.g. painting road markings, potholes, width of the roads). It is much simpler to fix these than to build very complex 3D traffic network, however these problems still exist.
Another complication is money - the costs of such solution would be enormous, not only for budgets of countries but also for individual drivers.
That’s why I don’t believe we will see fully functional 3D transportation networks in next few decades. For the moment, probably “traditional” self-driving cars systems will be developed (like Tesla’s or Google’s). I personally keep my fingers crossed for them as there is still much room for improvement.
It might happen even sooner than we expect.
Driverless cars have lots of advantages, but the biggest disadvantage of them is the lack of joy when you drive a car.
Sometimes I like to drive a car not to get somewhere else but to feel the joy of driving.
Another disadvantage may be that a lot of people would loose jobs in transport industry.
For now it’s only hypothetical but it might become reality much sooner than we think.
Still, personally as somebody who appreciates a comfort of a taxi and not paying for unusual money, this is a miracle that I'm looking forward to happen.
In my opinion the advantage of this idea is that we overcome various limits of technology by improving, exploring and developing it, however the disadvantage is that it may be also dangerous and boring if it became our new reality.
I believe self driving cars are the future. No drunk, tired, mad or inexperiended drivers, much less accidents. You can travel much greater distances at once as you don't have to stop to rest or take a nap.
Personally, I won't trust machine so easily to let it drive. Just no. I prefer to do that by myself.
They will have "in mind" powerful algorithms, and, as humans, we can't do perfect algorithms. We are making mistakes and this machines will do that too.
But, as a programmed machines, they will not break the law :D. Or be tired or drunk.
I use car everyday and driving in Warsaw is fine, of course at 4-5 p.m there is a traffic but on the other hand - show me other big city without traffic at this time.