Seat Belts and Goose Bumps
Ghost Driver
Picture going through a McDonald's drive thru and stopping by the window. The McDonald employee opens the window with drink in hand and gets this puzzled look on his face as he sees there is no driver operating the car. Well, the worker shouldn't be too puzzled because this is the future! Engineers and mechanics are presently working on the driverless car, and interestingly, Google is the means behind it. The car drives itself by "cameras inside the car, a sensor on the vehicle’s top, and some radar sensors attached to different positions of the car." I have my own suspicions about this "ghost driver," but it has successfully driven 1609 kilometers by itself...woo! Although this new technology is--I will admit it--cool and intriguing, there is reason for caution...I mean it's a driving car! For a little bit more specifics on the driverless car, check out Google Driverless Cars (10.). Can you picture yourself riding in the passenger seat with the "ghost driver" to your left? Or do you think this is new technology is merely the stepping stone to the future of our automobiles? Hmmm....
I can see this being the future because we are coming up with new technology every day! However, I personally have mixed feelings about the car. This is because I don't know how safe I would feel in a car with a computer driving. The more technology we have, the more it seems to fail us when we need it. On the other hand, I know some drivers that I would definitely feel more safe driving with a ghost car versus having them behind the wheel.
ReplyDeleteWhat would be the benefit of having a car that can drive itself? To me its laziness. You aren't going to have the car go anywhere without you. So why would you not drive yourself to your destination? It sounds like a cool idea, but in reality I think it is going to cost a lot of money and will cause many problems.
ReplyDeleteBased on how quickly technology has evolved in recent years, it is easy to picture this being a possibility. However, I don't know how safe I would feel riding in a car driven by a computer. This is because a lot of things arise while on the road that technology might not be able to account for. So, while it is a possibility, I don't see it being really feasible in the near future.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great article so close to Halloween. Im not sure I like this futuristic view of transportation. Im a car junkie and many people like me love driving cars especially fancy fast ones. I dont see this being very realistic at all put its a fun movie concept although having many of these in the future is not very likely.
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