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Should people be allowed to drive? At this moment, we can see cars that can park by their own, but completely autonomous self-driving cars are on their way to the market. When I googled self driving cars, I was blown away by the amount of videos posted on the net. To my astonishment I have watched people brushing their teeth, reading a book or working with their tablets as their cars took them to their destination. Some American States have legalized self-driving cars and many countries are going to follow soon. But my question is not “Will self-driving cars be legal?”, but will they be mandatory? A computer is a better driver than a human. It doesn’t get distracted, it can keep a steady speed, it never has one more drink and it can interpret GPS data (and all kind of data) much better then a human. Working in the city centre, I’m concerned by the parking nightmare. I cannot help but smile when I imagine myself arriving to work and setting the car to search for a parking place. It hasn’t to be very close because, when I finish my workday I will only have to make a phone call to the car to make it come and fetch me. It will just be a matter of setting the GPS properly. If all cars were driven accurately, as only computers can do, roads could be narrower, we will need less traffic regulations and we will save a lot of money on highways and parking lots, and more importantly, on human lives. As intelligent cars can share and transmit data among them, the traffic death toll would be dramatically reduced. As a Silicon Valley scientist said, “Relying on human drivers will be too risky” The typewriter, the vapour train and other technologies disappeared leaving only a little nostalgic feeling. Driving cars it’s not the same, the relation between cars and the people who drive them is a love emotion. And I’m afraid this is the only argument I can find for allowing people to drive.

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Should people be allowed to drive?

At this moment, we can see cars that can park themselves by their own, but completely autonomous self-driving cars are on their way to the market. When I googled self driving cars, I was blown away by the amount of videos posted on the net. To my astonishment I have watched people brushing their teeth, reading a book or working with their tablets as their cars took them to their destination.

Some American states have legalized self-driving cars and many countries are going to follow soon. But my question is not “Will self-driving cars be legal?”, but will they be mandatory?

A computer is a better driver than a human. It doesn’t get distracted, it can keep a steady speed, it never has one more drink and it can interpret GPS data (and all kinds of data) much better then than a human.

Working in the city centre, I’m concerned by the parking nightmare. I cannot help but smile when I imagine myself arriving to work and setting the car to search for a parking place. It hasn’t does not have to be very close because, when I finish my workday I will only have to make a phone call to the car to make it come and fetch me. It will just be a matter of setting the GPS properly.
If all cars were driven accurately, as only computers can do, roads could be narrower, we will need less traffic regulations and we will save a lot of money on highways and parking lots, and more importantly, on human lives.

As intelligent cars can share and transmit data among themselves, the traffic death toll would be dramatically reduced. As a Silicon Valley scientist said, “Relying on human drivers will be too risky”

The typewriter, the vapour train and other technologies disappeared leaving only a little nostalgic feeling. Driving cars it’s is not the same, the relationship between cars and the people who drive them is a love emotion(see note). And I’m afraid this is the only argument I can find for allowing people to drive.

Note: this is a bit awkard as it reads.  I would say "the relationship between cars and the people who drive them is one of love."

Good job.  The world is definitely better off without me driving!


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