How To Kill An Intelligent Self-Driving Car
Joe woke up in a state of confusion he was in the hospital. He had just come out of a coma. The reason for this coma was Joe went on a green light like he was supposed to, but then he looked over to his right and a driver had ran the red light, the driver sped through the light not even seeing Joe. It was too late for Joe to react to the other car. His car flipped over 3 times and landed in a ditch on the side of the road. Due to the other driver making a drastic driving error, Joe woke up in the hospital paralyzed from the waist down. Driving had always been Joe’s favorite hobby,this was a horrible turn of events for him he needed the ability to drive for his job as an uber driver. Joe was torn, he was paralyzed and in jeopardy of losing
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Handicap people are not able to travel by themselves at their own leisure which is a freedom they don't get to experience like non-disabled people.“Just imagine the freedom it would bring to those who are disabled. Take, for instance, the legally blind man who earlier in 2012 took a spin in Google's self-driving car to go to Taco Bell and then pick up his dry cleaning”. For him it was most likely an amazing feeling.Being able to commute to where he wanted to without someone else driving him and being able to have complete freedom over where they are able to travel. It's something that non-disabled people truly take for granted. The ability for the disabled and elderly to be able to travel wherever they please is a big deal, it would be a big step in making lives easier for disabled members of society. “International law describes a driver as “any person” who should “at all times” be “able to control” the vehicle. If a disabled person were, today, to travel in a fully autonomous system, there would still be a need for an additional passenger “able to control” the vehicle, even if his or her presence were entirely passive”. As of right now,drivers are considered to be anyone who can control the vehicle at all times. With the ability of an autonomous car to drive itself, the disabled occupant of the car will be able to be classified as a driver due to the fact they technically have complete control of the car. This will allow them to travel without passengers unless they would like passengers in the car. This will allow them to commute and travel on roads just as if they did not have their disability that limited them from driving in the first place. They could commute to a job,go out to run errands and enjoy drives at their leisure. So many opportunities and possibilities would open for them with the ability to control their own
Handicap people are not able to travel by themselves at their own leisure which is a freedom they don't get to experience like non-disabled people.“Just imagine the freedom it would bring to those who are disabled. Take, for instance, the legally blind man who earlier in 2012 took a spin in Google's self-driving car to go to Taco Bell and then pick up his dry cleaning”. For him it was most likely an amazing feeling.Being able to commute to where he wanted to without someone else driving him and being able to have complete freedom over where they are able to travel. It's something that non-disabled people truly take for granted. The ability for the disabled and elderly to be able to travel wherever they please is a big deal, it would be a big step in making lives easier for disabled members of society. “International law describes a driver as “any person” who should “at all times” be “able to control” the vehicle. If a disabled person were, today, to travel in a fully autonomous system, there would still be a need for an additional passenger “able to control” the vehicle, even if his or her presence were entirely passive”. As of right now,drivers are considered to be anyone who can control the vehicle at all times. With the ability of an autonomous car to drive itself, the disabled occupant of the car will be able to be classified as a driver due to the fact they technically have complete control of the car. This will allow them to travel without passengers unless they would like passengers in the car. This will allow them to commute and travel on roads just as if they did not have their disability that limited them from driving in the first place. They could commute to a job,go out to run errands and enjoy drives at their leisure. So many opportunities and possibilities would open for them with the ability to control their own