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Introduction

Self-driving cars have been the talk of the day these days. After the company Tesla introduced a prototype a couple of years ago, the world has been going crazy over the concept of it and many other companies have joined the competition to bring these cars to the market. The world is developing tremendously in the field of IT. The combination of IT and automobile was, therefore, bound to happen. This paper will focus on the development of Autonomous vehicles, cars primarily, their functioning, and the economical and ethical that go along with the production of these vehicles.

Current Use

In all honesty, the world has been doing perfectly fine without autonomous vehicles. So, why are these vehicles being developed and would the world get anything out of these developments? One of the primary reasons for these vehicles to be popular is the fact that they promise to completely reduce the human error factor that goes into a lot of accidents. They promise to make the roads safer for everyone, and who would not prefer that? The vehicles we have today already have a lot of safety features such as rear-view cameras, lane diversion alert, auto-brake etc. However, these vehicles could provide an edge to safety.

Security

One of the main reasons people still do not trust self-driving cars is because they are not completely secure. But that could change in the future with further development and research. An argument could be made that the vehicle is still a machine, fully capable of an error. When you are driving at 70mph in a highway, you absolutely cannot afford an error. Therefore, this issue still might halt the development of these vehicles unless they prove to be fully secure.

Ethical and Social Implications

People might start asking questions if we are still ready to completely handover our lives to machines. We have already done so by using phones, computers and laptops in our day-to-day lives. However, when we leave transportation to these machines as well, we could steer further away from humanity. People might be divided in this issue and could create social problems as well. After all, could a father with children in the car risk the fact that he has no control over how fast the vehicle that’s carrying his family going? If someone gets in an accident with these vehicles, who is to blame: the driver or the vehicle’s error? Ethical issues like these will come up frequently.

Future use

Self-driving vehicles, if manufactured properly, definitely have the capacity of taking over the world. They do make lives easier for people and promise to make roads safer than ever before. However, if not manufactured properly, things could go sideways. Therefore, companies like Tesla and Google developing these vehicles should make sure they make these vehicles full proof.