Nowadays much is said about air pollution,
traffic jams and accidental deaths. Most of you have certainly heard about the
idea of implementing autonomous cars. This problem may seem simple at first
glance, but after a deeper reflection we can see that it is quite complicated.
You must have heard that the first fatal
accident happened with the Uber autonomous car, which killed a woman passing in
a place that was not intended for that purpose.
Many,
negatively oriented to the autonomy of cars, experts recognize this accident as
a confirmation of the theory that we are not ready to introduce self-driving
cars. In my opinion this accident is a milestone in the safety of these cars,
due to the fact that a lot of important information has been registered through
systems, so that corporations will be able to refine them. One thing is
certain, currently too many people are dying on the roads. In Poland, the
number of road deaths in 2017 amounted to almost 3,000.Another important aspect
is how autonomous cars will affect traffic in cities. Overwhelming majority
believes that owning a car will become a thing of the past. They think it will
be replaced by car sharing autonomous cars. Many of you have already seen (e.g.
in Warsaw) the idea of carsharing as Trafficar or 4Mobility. How does car
sharing work? In a big simplification - through the application we search for
the nearest car, book it, get on, drive, leave it, and the app charges a fee
depending on the time and the distance travelled. When we add their autonomy,
it will be one of the more convenient transports you can imagine. We get into a
private transport, which takes us to a designated place, in the meantime we can
answer emails or just relax and finally we don’t have to look for a parking
space. However, will this positive vision of the future paradoxically increase
the number of cars on the roads? Even those who do not have a driving license
or are not able to drive cars will be able to use their private transport
instead of standing on crowded buses.
Sources:
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/how-owning-a-car-might-soon-become-as-old-fashioned-as-owning-a-horse-a7195836.html
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/uber-self-driving-car-kills-woman-arizona-tempe
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/11/06/the-future-of-the-transport-industry-iot-big-data-ai-and-autonomous-vehicles/#794ee6441137
Questions:
1.
Do
you have your own car or would like to have one? Why?
2. When do you think will be a
revolution in the automotive industry?
3. Are you positively or negatively
oriented towards autonomous cars?
Comments
I have never considered whether or not I am in favour of this revolution, but when I'm looking at rising fuel prices, I am positively disposed towards autonomous cars.
I think that the revolution is happening right now - more and more countries introduce laws allowing autonomous cars.
I am optimistic about autonomous cars. Of course they have their flaws and accidents, but already they are much safer than human drivers and the situation will only get better.
Yes, because if I have a house outside the city, my only access to the city is using a personal car.
No, if I live inside the city, I can use public transport, and create less traffic and less air pollution in the city.
I think that the future will be the right direction of transportation to the electrical car planes, because the ground is limited, but the sky is unlimited, and the use of more space for transportation will solve a lot of human problems.
I have a positive opinion, as the cause of most accidents is a human mistakes (such as tiredness or driver's sleepiness or drunk driving) and the car can lower this risk.
Thank you for your opinion :)
Thanks for you opinion :)
I think we are already witnessing a revolution in the car industry. So many companies competing right now in the area of self-driving AIs that I think it's the only question of time when such cars will become ordinary and routine part of our lives.
Of course, I'm positively oriented towards autonomous cars. I think that this idea has a big potential and will drastically change the way we use transportation. There might be some problems involving safe usage of these AI systems in cars but ongoing improvements will definitely allay all the risks and concerns regarding safety.
But on the other hand driving is my passion but I do it rarely(only when I come back home and have such an opportunity).
I don’t know when it will exactly happen but I am pretty sure that this will be in the nearest future. The idea is just brilliant and will make our lives a way more easier. The implementation is not ideal now but still it’s good enough even now.
Answer to this question derives from my second answer :)
I think we are living in quite revolutionary times.
I am not positively neither negatively oriented towards autonomous cars. I think it would be a cool feature to have such car. However, as I said I love driving...
Yes, I do. I am a motofreak and wanted a car since I've been, like, 15 y.o. I am also thinking about buying a motorcycle some time soon. I think having a car is not that great in a big city like Warsaw, but even so, the pleasure that I get from driving is incomparable to anything else.
2. When do you think will be a revolution in the automotive industry?
I think it is happening now, since we can observe the presence of electric, hybrid-based and autonomous cars. I have heard that one of the leading companies have even introduced the first flying taxi, so the revolution is now.
3. Are you positively or negatively oriented towards autonomous cars?
Personally I am negatively oriented toward it. Facilitating every part of human's life will eventually make humans dumb and unable to do anything without technology. I would be for partial introduction of autonomy - for example in traffic jams, or when parking only.
The whole time is, the introduction of electric cars, etc. The automotive industry is growing all the time. So every day there are new ideas that are slowly being implemented in the automotive market.
I'm positive, it's a very nice idea. I would like to have such a car in the future.
Yes, I have one. I think is the best transport choice right now. Cars are accessible for whole year, and are comfortable when on the outside is hot or cold. Cars are fast and can transport many of weights like shopping. On the other hand the traffic jams are annoying and the exploitation is costly. Costs and jams we can avoid by choosing a bike or motorcycle, but only when whether is good, in Poland max three months. I didn’t use car sharing but I think there are not always in the place we need. Also car sharing is bounded to big cities, in smaller one and in villages that could not be possible to share a car. Buses are sometimes the best option, but are in most cases too crowded and because of that not so comfortable.
When do you think will be a revolution in the automotive industry?
I think there changes all the time, cars market develop more advanced cars from year to year. Jams and environment are the biggest problem right now. I think there will be more and more autonomous car in future.
Are you positively or negatively oriented towards autonomous cars?
I am positively oriented for such technologies.
I think that nowadays we can see revolution in the automotive industry. There are a lot of interviews, informations about that.
I'm positively oriented towards autonomous cars. If it will be safer than human cars I will buy one for me.
When we get higher capacity batteries for electric cars period. Right now what is turning heads off off electric cars are their ranges. While more economical in a long run there are way too few electric stations for them to be effective as a all around cars. If we start to see electric charging capabilities coming to normal gas stations we will see a rise in electric cars usage. Unfortunately thats a dead cycle unless one side is future seeing enough to take initial hit in costs and make it happen.
Im very positive if i can drive knowing that other cars not drivers are capable of keeping them safe i can drive more relaxed even in non autonomous car. We need to realize that even if only 40% of our traffic has autonomous capabilities that the probability of an human caused incident lowers drastically.
2. I don't know when but I feel that car sharing will be a revolution in the automotive industry. I like to have my own car but it awesome when you don't have care about any repairs, any insurances or even a parking near your home. When you need a car you take one and then are you paying for it. It is an awesome idea for me and I think that this solution will have a potential in cities.
3. I am positively oriented towards autonomous cars but I think that driver should be responsible for any accidents. We can't trust any AI's algorithms yet.
I think, that the revolution is already taking place slowly, but we’ll see more of it in 5-6 years.
I’m more positively oriented about it. Having autonomous car must be fun(especially Tesla P100D).
No I don't. But I plan to purchase a car, because I like to travel, and travelling with own transport is much comortable.
2. When do you think will be a revolution in the automotive industry?
I think it's happening right now.
3. Are you positively or negatively oriented towards autonomous cars?
Absolutelly positively, becausee autonomous cars goal is not to eliminate car accidents, but to make chance of it, as small as possible.
I think the revolution in the automotive industry will take place in 2 years. We already had a riot when the first car was able to drive on its own. Now I'm waiting for driverless vehicles. In 2-5 years in the well-prosperous cities around the world, we will see them, I hope.
I'm positively oriented towards autonomous cars because I don't have a car. That's my conclusion after many talks with different people from different countries and areas. I use a vehicle for transferring myself from place to place or to move massive things. I see the point of truck drivers, taxi drivers and other people for whom the car is a primary source of money. I'm not sure how we can solve the problem of unemployment after introducing autonomous vehicles on our streets, but I believe some people will find a way of explaining this way better than me.
I think revolution is already coming I believe we already can compare the number of incidents including autonomous cars in comparison to human driving one and will see that they are saving lives. But on the other hand, this technology is quite new and still very expensive, this is why I’m sure that it can take years to make such autonomous cars available for everyone.
For sure I oriented positively to autonomous cars. But I also sure that even once autonomous cars will be so common as other ones still a lot of people will drive just because they like it.
Because of the accident of automotive Uber car, and huge debates concerning artificial intelligence, it is very unlikely that revolution will happen soon.
Autonomous cars will have no effect about climate change in positive direction, and if the roads and public transport is good it will not have effect on traffic jams, so mostly I have negative attitude towards this change.
1. Do you have your own car or would like to have one? Why?
I don't currently have my own car and I would not like to have one. The reason for these two statements is simple - I live downtown, I walk to school couple minutes, I walk to work couple more minutes and when I need to go further, I simply take a taxi or I use subway.
2. When do you think will be a revolution in the automotive industry?
I think it is happening right now, right in front of us. I deeply believe in Musk with his Tesla car series and the Roadster model can be a game-changer if you ask me.
3. Are you positively or negatively oriented towards autonomous cars?
I'm totally positively oriented towards autonomous cars, specially with a great AI system, which is constantly learning and getting better in which is programmed to assist. It may be hard for some people to trust the machine, but it was also hard to trust nuclear plantations and there you go..
I think revolution will be in next 5 years because at this time I have seen autonomous car fom Google and Yandex (I think Yandex at this time has much more better technology than other developers). I think that this will be great thing in our future.
I am importing car's from US so of course I have one. Actually I can't imagine life without a car because I love to drive.
2. When do you think will be a revolution in the automotive industry?
Actually it's happening now, lot's of automotive factories are using hybrid engines instead of diesel due to environmental problems, so I think autonomous will be also available within few next years.
3. Are you positively or negatively oriented towards autonomous cars?
I am absolutely positively oriented about it.
Maybe in a 10 or 20 years? I don't know
I think it's a future, and I'm looking into it!
Anyway thank you for your comment :)
I love cars, i have my own car but it's my first and now i will buy other one if i will change for next. I think that it's great to move from place to place by car and I think that it's really relaxing to travel in that way.
I have a hope that changes comes never. I don't like idea of autonomous cars. I don't think it will works good and it will make problems with morality.
Thanks for your comment :)