Maneuvering a car in
the streets is accompanied with various ethical and moral decisions. The driver
has to decide when to speed up, when to take his eyes off the road or whether
he stops when approaches traffic light that turns red. These are just some of
the things that a driver must consider in order to uphold and maintain the
safety in the streets not only for himself but for everybody. These decisions
contain both practical and moral components to the driver which are eliminated
in the presence of driverless car. Indeed with the advancement in technology
and the continuous venture in coming up with extraordinary and practical
inventions, a driverless car is very possible to rule the leading and busy
streets in the future.
A driverless
car can be operated using the integration of sensors and pre-programmed logic
in order to evaluate and respond to several situations such as sharing the road
with other vehicles, adjusting with pedestrians[1]. This has been the main
concern of the technologists and ethicists when it comes to inventing the
future cars. They have the goal of creating driverless cars that can outperform
the human skills in driving and routines in the streets. These cars apparently
have better perceptive abilities and faster reaction rate as compared to human
drivers. Moreover these new technology are free from any form of distractions
such as using the phone, eating, drowsiness or physical discomforts and
emergencies that may occur when the
driver experienced heart attack or stroke.
According to
survey 90% of vehicle crashes are caused by human error, hence it is the goal
of the inventors to minimize this prevalence of accidents through the
driverless car[2].
They are expecting that an automaton like can remarkably decrease the accidents
without launching new form of mistakes.
Though there
are perceived possibilities of accidents, a driverless car is programmed with
higher precision in detecting potential hazards and has connection with higher
precision of human-eye connection. This can definitely reduce moral dilemmas
that human drivers are encountering.
While it is true that most of the high-end vehicle in the market today
is equipped with high degree of automaton, still these driverless cars are made
more sophisticated. It is invented with remarkable adaptive cruise control,
precise lane-keeping technology and accident-detection censors. This technology
can definitely reduce the risks of accidents and moral issues that most drivers
have been encountering while maneuvering vehicles in the street[3]. It is therefore, one of
the concerns of the manufacturers to provide technological solutions in the
invention of driverless car in order to enhanced safety and awareness.
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