**<center>Six years ago, Google surprised the public with the news of the development of self-managed cars. And this year, Uber has already launched several unmanned taxis in Pittsburgh. In the foreseeable future, this technology will have a huge impact on our lives.</center>**


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## *A man will be forbidden to drive a car*

Let's face it, people are lousy drivers. The very idea of ​​giving every adult a chance to control the two-ton death machine is pretty stupid. Every year, cars kill more than 1.3 million people Annual Global Road Crash Statistics. worldwide.

Computers can drive much better. Firstly, they do not drink and are not distracted by correspondence and other matters at the wheel. Secondly, a lot of sensors give them superhuman abilities: radar, lasers, cameras, online navigation and computing power for instant decision making.

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According to a recent study by Self-Driving Cars Could Cut Down on Accidents, Study Says. , the widespread use of unmanned vehicles can reduce the number of road accidents by 90%. This should save thousands of people.

The facts confirm the hypothesis. Google's self-managed vehicles have traveled more than two million miles by the Google Self-Driving Car Project Monthly Report. , which is much more than the average driver-man rides through life. So far they have only one Google Self-Driving Cars Incidents. accident, the culprit was a computer. What will happen when unmanned cars are everywhere and the authorities will understand how much safer they are? Legislators will simply forbid people to drive.

Ilon Mask angered many when he publicly allowed such a scenario. But his critics do not realize that outrage does not solve anything.

### <center>    At one time, nobody wanted to see belts and airbags in the car. Now they are present in all cars, which confirms the priority of public safety over the opinion of individuals.</center>

In the end, accidents are big losses. It is estimated that only in the US unmanned vehicles will save more than $ 190 billion a year. Self-Driving Cars Could Cut Down on Accidents, Study Says. due to the reduction of material damage. And this is a very weighty argument in their favor.
The spread of technology will lead to mass surveillance

If you enter the "accident" query in the YouTube search, the service will display thousands of videos with horrible road accidents and close situations. Such a number of records is due to the popularity of DVRs that help people protect their rights in corrupt countries. That is, all the inconspicuous chaos of roads is carried out for public inspection.

The advent of cameraphones shed light on another important phenomenon - police lawlessness.

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Recently, a video of the brutal behavior of the police in relation to African Americans caused the media's increased attention to a problem that they had not previously noticed. This led to national protests. Although such cruelty was present for a long time, the cameras changed the awareness of it.

### <center>    Unmanned vehicles are cameras on steroids.</center>

On the one hand, a staggering amount of collected data can significantly improve public safety. Self-managed cars will be able to detect obstacles, crashes, potential threats and will inform them about the services they need. A software - to calculate crimes using special algorithms in real time and report them to the authorities.

On the other hand, such constant surveillance brings us closer to a totalitarian society. For example, unmanned vehicles connected to the Internet can regularly track the coordinates of passengers. And the technology of face recognition will allow a network of such machines to detect pedestrians and monitor them.

Just imagine what kind of debate around privacy and security will break out in a world that is already hot with the revelations of Snowden!

## *The concept of "personal car" will cease to exist*

Almost every technological giant, including Google, Baidu and Uber, is working on its own version of an unmanned vehicle. Most likely, these companies will launch a business that operates on the same model as autonomous ridersharing services.

It's roughly like a Uber without a driver. A self-governing car arrives at the request of the client and delivers it to the destination, and then it is sent for new passengers.

In addition to convenience, such a system will be able to offer a low fare. To do this, most of the listed companies are developing electric cars.

### <center>    Savings on gasoline and drivers can make the services of a la Uber services without a driver cheaper than travel in public transport.</center>

We get all the benefits of having your car, while paying less and stop worrying about car support and parking spaces. If unmanned vehicles become so cheap and convenient, the idea of ​​a personal car will be meaningless.

People will be delighted with these changes if you consider that the car has a very low efficiency. The average car owner spends on using the car only 4% of Autos & Auto-Related. of their time. This is a waste, given that the contents of the car go just huge amounts. At the same time, the autopilot optimizes the transport system, removing up to 90%. The Sharing Economy: How shared self-driving cars could change city traffic. superfluous cars from roads.

## *Disappeared traffic lights and traffic jams on the roads*

Apart from the obvious benefits to the environment, fewer cars on the roads are the first step to eliminating traffic jams.

In 2008, the team of researchers Shockwave traffic jam recreated for the first time. showed how traffic congestion can arise from nowhere. Scientists launched 22 cars on a looped roadway 230 meters long at a speed of 48 km / h. After a short time, a cork was formed.

This phenomenon is called a traffic wave. It occurs as a result of a speed reduction by one of the drivers in the machinery queue and causes a chain reaction.

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An ingeniously assembled video below shows how a myriad of cars improbably easily avoid collisions at a crossroads. A person can not drive like this. But in a world where cars exchange data at huge speeds, advanced traffic management systems can make this traffic real.

Such systems will make traffic lights unnecessary. This is another change for the better, since this technology is already 150 years old. Now it is only able to co-ordinate the traffic.
Bad news: unmanned cars will deprive millions of people of their work

In this photo, a police officer fined a Google unmanned vehicle for driving too slowly.

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This picture is a great metaphor for our automated future. In a world without drivers, parking lots and traffic lights for the traffic police will not be much work. The idea of ​​the absence of fines sounds attractive, but not so attractive for people who lose their jobs. Think about employees of taxi services and public transport, as well as about long-distance drivers.

Money is a decisive factor for social change. Unmanned vehicles do not need to pay salaries. They can work 24 hours, seven days a week. Using them, the employer may not think about hiring problems and employee management. All this is a huge saving for transport enterprises, which they will not neglect.

## *... and transform the economy to which we are accustomed*

The introduction of unmanned vehicles is part of a large-scale phenomenon called "automation". As a result of it, artificial intelligence, robotics and other technologies perform work in place of people. The transport sphere is only the first victim, followed by others.

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In automation as such, there is nothing wrong. This process lasts for centuries. History knows many professions that disappeared through progress. And future generations will think about the drivers the same way as we about lifters and city heralds.

But today there are still many obstacles in the way of self-controlled cars. They need to be prepared for work in different weather conditions, to protect from hackers, to teach adequately to respond to all traffic situations. Nevertheless, potential advantages outweigh the shortcomings and difficulties that await the future.

If self-managed transport will bring at least a tenth of the promised benefits (be it saved lives, saved money or improved ecology), it is our moral duty to bring it all to life.
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