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Self-Driving Cars
Introduction:

As we all know each day we grow, we learn and gain more information that will help better us in the future. Our nation is beginning to look more and more alike the cartoons futuristic look on things from picturing things as little as watches to things big as cars. Each day we grow the more advance our technology gets and the proof is all around you, just take a look. Things like TV’s, computers, and phones, they weren’t like this back in the day but due to these technological advancements it helped the nation grow and benefit in many ways. When looking at the car industry the first recorded car to be made was in Febuary 1893 and were put on public roads by September 21 of that year. Now look at the car industry, the creation of cars skyrocketed, there are now about 50 car industries in the entire world and all they are doing is advancing and moving forward. Cars went from only being run by gas and now there are electronic cars changing the entire game, from gas being the only resource to drive now leaving us with two resources. Cars have advanced so much we are now beginning to see a new change to the industry and that is the creation of self-driving cars. Now the creation of this is very significant, people may look at it in a positive or a negative but just like anything new it does come with its pros and cons. In this research paper I will dig deep into the creation of self-driving cars, I will look into the legal, social, ethical, as well as security perspectives.

Backgroound:

With any creation you can always make improvements to make something better or more efficient and that’s what people believed they could do with the car. The car used to be a man controlled vehicle but due to the advancements in technology inventors made it possible for a car to be driven with nobody in the driver’s seat. Google was one of the first to set its eyes to making the first self-driving car. According to Alton (2015), “In the year of 2009 Google gathered a team of researchers with the same goal, let’s get these cars made!”(web). More specifically these researchers wanted to get their cars to be able to navigate through the city streets and to be able to get through complicated scenarios. After many years of hard work, they were able to come out with a prototype and in their prototype the have explained what they put into this vehicle in order for it to function correctly on the streets. How the researchers were able to pull this off is by inputting a sensor as well as a computer software that helps the computer self-drive its self. As I said before the year 2009 was when Google set out its goal and in the same year they were able to test out their first vehicle which was a Toyota Prius and the location of where they were testing was on the freeways of California. Three years later Google began to test a new vehicle, a Lexus RX and the reason why the tested a new vehicle is because these are different types of cars one is a sedan and the other is a SUV. The next step Google took was placing these cars in city streets and situations much harder than freeways. In 2014 Google finial released their own design but after months testing that design they made major improvements and had major improvements. Now google has tested their car in places like Mountain View, CA, Austin, TX, Kirkland, WA, and Metro Phoenix, AZ and have more than 1.5 million miles driven. Googles aim is to create this car and be able to help aging and visually impaired people so they wouldn’t have to give up their independency, they believe that this vehicle can help everyone get around easily and safely regardless their ability too drive. It’s time to see if their facts actually can back this statement up