Challenges of Driverless Cars

Wednesday 06th March 2019 07:36 EST
 

It is stunning that the world is on the verge of an automobile innovation in terms of driverless cars. This modification is bound to transform the driving landscape globally. After the US, UK intends to be at the forefront of this revolution. Car manufacturers worldwide, have stepped up their efforts in developing prototypes of these vehicles. Moreover, government in every country is taking deep interest in these self-driven machines.

Very soon, these cars will be actually running on the roads and also on highways. They will however be well connected to the internet and will be adequately equipped with powerful sensors. In fact, it will be a situation of computer on wheels.Thus this upheaval is bound to bring in 'never before' challenges and concerns.

The driving rules and regulations will have to be rewritten to define the legal wording that will become outdated with these future vehicles. The insurance companies will struggle to determine the answerability in any event of untoward  incident. These cars will be subject to greater tracking and whereabouts of every citizen can be detected with certainty. Thus it will disregard the autonomy and confidentiality of people making them powerless. Finally, these vehicles will be fully prone to inevitable technical failures and dreadful hacking.

It is heartening to know that these driverless cars have successfully qualified in several safety tests in a number of States in the US as also in other countries. However, one or two fatal accidents have resulted in severe setback for the advancement of these technical marvels.

Bharat Shah

Rayners Lane


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