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Why We Should Self-Driving Car Be Considered Highly Safe

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It is a well-known fact that one of the leading killers in the United States is vehicle accidents. Most of these accidents are caused by user error, but there is a new potential culprit on the horizon, self-driving cars (autonomous vehicles). This topic is of particular importance because much of society will soon be faced with the decision of whether to support the use of these cars. This is demonstrated by technology and automotive companies investing large sums of money into the development of these self-driving vehicles. When I was first generating ideas for potential topics, I repeatedly fell on the topic of self-driving cars. I have always been curious about self-driving cars and the specific factors involved when creating them. I used …show more content…

This technology is rapidly being developed, therefore online news is the best way to keep up with the latest developments. The first article I found was from Big Think by Robert Montenegro entitled ‘Google’s Self-Driving Cars Are Ridiculously Safe”. This source provided a brief synopsis of both sides of the argument of whether or not self-driving cars should be considered safe. It also provided an introduction to the idea that self-driving cars could soon become one of the main methods of transportation. The next source I chose is an article from Automotive News by Katie Burke entitled "Google Creates Autonomous Car Unit Called Waymo”. This article explained how self-driving cars work and who is investing in self-driving technology. It also explained the mission statement that drives many of these companies to invest in self-driving cars. Both of the articles I chose discuss Waymo, a division of Google’s for self-driving cars, but they do include information from another leading company in the development of self-driving car technology, Tesla. Burke’s article relates back to my bigger topic by providing the reasoning that because self-driving cars are safer for society, companies are willing to invest in them (Burke). In Montenegro’s article, he emphasized the aspect that we are always just one mistake away from taking another person’s life just from a misstep (Montenegro). Burke’s …show more content…

Montenegro’s article provided me with a several other sources. These sources that I discovered provided me with raw data that I will need to analyze. It also provided me several scholarly articles that I will need to analyze as well. I will also need to find sources for my final essay that explore self-driving vehicle projects besides Google’s Waymo. In my research, I may find that self-driving cars are not safer than manual cars which will change my perspective. I may also find that self-driving cars have other unintended effects that are not for the good of society, this will also cause me to change my perspective. Overall I look forward to researching this topic this semester and answering some of my own

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