The Need for automation

• Accommodate older generation
• The need to decrease accidents caused by human error such as drunk driving
• Technologic world

What is a Google Car? and how it works…

• Autonomous driving done by operating systems/software
• Data from extremely precise maps to determine road conditions
• Compared to the human mind : rely on past experience to form perceptions of the sensory inputs from environment
• Complex machine learning algorithms

The continuous plan to master safety

• Google has already begun testing about a dozen autonomous vehicles, stacking up about 700.000 miles combined.
• Within the first stages of the testing phase, there has been two accidents, one of which was hit while sitting at a stoplight and the other crashed while car was on manual mode. Drivers whom decides to test these vehicles must, under current laws, have a valid driver’s license and be able to switch to the manually driving mode at any time
• Google is continuing to perfect the “safety component” of its vehicles, with a program that will involve 200 new purpose- built autonomous vehicles

Real life example: Transportation industry

• An industry that would be adversely affected by automated cars would be the transportation industry. There are roughly 420,000 commercial freight trucks in Canada alone to meet the needs of many industries.

• A growing economy and the increasing number of Canadian exports necessitate more trucks and drivers. However, if the capabilities of Google’s automated car can be safely expanded out of city limits and utilized with freight trucks, the demand for any drivers would greatly diminish.

On the other hand

The majority of truck related traffic accidents can attributed to human error; meaning that the potential implementation of driverless trucks could decrease accidents and reduce costs across multiple industries A more science-fiction like advancement for cars could be a reality in the near future. By combining the self-driving capabilities with the self-learning vehicles of Mercedes or Land Rover will make a seemingly, although rudimentary, artificially intelligent car.

Works Cited

Maney, K. (2014, July 03). Google has shown that self-driving cars are ineviatable. Retrieved from The independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/google-has-shown-that-selfdriving-cars-are-inevitable--and-the-possibilities-are-endless-9547231.html Statistics Canada. (2004). Statistics Canada. Retrieved from Motor Vehicle Accident Deaths: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2008003/article/10648/5202440-eng.htm

Bibliography
Maney, K. (2014, July 03). Google has shown that self-driving cars are ineviatable. Retrieved from The independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/google-has-shown-that-selfdriving-cars-are-inevitable--and-the-possibilities-are-endless-9547231.html