An Evaluation Draft

Introduction

People have grown accustomed to driving traditional vehicles, thus regulating their comfort. However, with the development of robotic vehicles, our ability to monitor our defense is jeopardized because it would be delegated to machines. We are currently at risk of dying as a result of accidents caused by the few autonomous cars that have been produced. Centered on a number of guidelines, self-driving vehicles correctly depict the drawbacks of computer technology in our modern world (Mamiit).

An assessment of how technological progress can negatively impact our lives by repeated accidents caused by makers of robotic vehicles failing to conduct road checks on them, which could prove their sturdiness. They also depend on software, which is sophisticated and mostly opaque thus being unreliable at times, they create traffic issues in the cities and suburban instead of improving transit, and they also lack a good choice in ethical considerations.

Criterion 1

The manufacturers of robotic cars have not carried out road tests on them, which could prove that they are much safer than our regular cars ("Imperfect Self-Driving Cars Are Safer than Humans Are").

Self-driven cars safety is not guaranteed since they have many conditions and scenarios that make their testing operations confusing. Thus, accidents could easily happen when we use them. For example, there were emerging issues with the Google-commissioned research regarding the steep figure of variables to control the safety of self-driving cars in the examination (Mamiit).

However, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 35,200 people died on the roads in 2015, which 94 percent of those deaths resulting from human error as stated (Mamiit). I believe the NHTSA gave inaccurate statistics since currently traditional vehicles are many than robotic vehicles.

Criterion 2

There are worrying challenges regarding shaping the security of driverless cars. They may operate safely in one city; conversely, they may not be able to drive in another environment.

Their security is a big issue since they depend mostly on software that is complex and mostly opaque. For example, in some of their systems, it can be confusing to understand why a particular car made a decision in its operating system like decelerating, accelerating, or opening the windows while it's freezing outside.

Nevertheless, with few issues like this always occurs in every car. However, with advanced technology, this should not happen. I believe the developers should have tested all their cars to the extent that the percentage of error will not be felt by their consumers.

Criterion 3

Robotic cars have poor choice in ethical considerations. Human beings are the only ones who have clear decision-making when it comes to ethical issues unlike machines, which do not care.
Automated cars do not meet the ethical road consideration standards whereby decisions are made through choices. For example, when the machine is faced with a different choice of running into a group of young school children crossing the road or going off the bridge; it will kill the children and save its passenger (Goodman). 
Nonetheless, Google claimed that their automated cars have collision-avoidance systems, which can make them, stop once it senses a person or object (Mamiit). I believe senses and ethical consideration are two different things thus their claim is not convincing.

Criterion 4

The increase in the production of automated cars will only create traffic problems to suburban areas and cities when they should be looking up to improve transit and motivating people to walk and ride bikes instead (Mamiit).

With the development of automated cars, traditional cars are not being replaced thus congestion in our streets. For example, Tesla, Volvo, Google, and Uber have declared that they will all get driverless trucks and cars on the United States roads by 2021 ("Imperfect Self-Driving Cars Are Safer than Humans Are").

Nonetheless, according to Uber, they have proposed an initiative in Los Angeles to amalgamate driverless cars into the public transportation fleet (Mamiit).The micro transit systems objective is to serve passengers better than single-passenger vehicles, which will auxiliary help to prompt the decrease car ownership in America thereby reducing traffic congestion and unwanted accidents caused by human-driven vehicles. I believe their proposal if initiated will affect many Americans since the majority prefers their traditional cars thus inconveniencing their daily transportation.

Conclusion

The majority of the robotic cars distributors frequently speak with pride about their products to convince people. They use a lot of flattery in their speeches trying to convince the consumers to be part of their advanced technology cars, however; they cannot hide the facts surrounding the disadvantages of their cars. We are humans, and that means that we are irreplaceable. Inventions are there to make our lives better. However, robotic cars seem to against this notion since they can easily cause our deaths due to accidents. Their safety records have not been proven; they cannot also understand our hand signals, road signs, and ethical issues too. Despite their flaws, they have some advantages like they do not have attitudes like human drivers. In overall, if insurance firms and lawmakers are intelligent enough, robotic vehicles should be removed from American roads to save innocent lives.

Sum up evaluation

In summing up, the introduction of the evaluation provides an insight of all the criteria’s discussed in the paper with the disagreement of the topic chosen of whether robotic cars are suitable for human consumption in terms of transportation. The evaluation of criterion 1, displays how the manufacturer's lack of road test of their products pose a significant risk to their customers; hence, risking their lives. In criterion 2, the sophistication of their software, which sometimes opaque makes them unreliable at times thus not safe. In criterion 3, their lack of having a chance to make a sound ethical decision makes them untrustworthy concerning saving human lives thus portraying their major drawback. In criterion 4, the increase of the robotic cars will only lead to congestion in the suburban areas and cities instead of improving the transit. Finally, the conclusion provides the summary of all the criteria plus a lucid explanation of my opinion.

Works Cited

"Imperfect Self-Driving Cars Are Safer Than Humans Are." WSJ, 2016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/imperfect-self-driving-cars-are-safer-than-humans-are-1471188659.

Mamiit, Aaron. "Study Says Self-Driving Cars Are Safer Than Human-Driven Vehicles: Should You Believe It?". http://www.techtimes.com/articles/123214/20160112/study-says-self-driving-cars-are-safer-than-human-driven-vehicles-should-you-believe-it.htm.

Goodman, Paul. "Advantages and Disadvantages of Driverless Cars." AxleAddict, 2016, https://axleaddict.com/safety/Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Driverless-Cars