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    This document argues that human societies should not replace driver cars with driverless cars for four key reasons: 1) Driverless cars have high energy consumption which could cause significant environmental damage if they rely on fossil fuels; 2) Driverless cars are still vulnerable to hacking and malfunctions that could cause accidents; 3) Driverless cars have high costs that make them inaccessible to most drivers; 4) There are unresolved ethical issues around how driverless cars should respond in accident scenarios since the rules and laws have not been fully developed.

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    This document argues that human societies should not replace driver cars with driverless cars for four key reasons: 1) Driverless cars have high energy consumption which could cause significant environmental damage if they rely on fossil fuels; 2) Driverless cars are still vulnerable to hacking and malfunctions that could cause accidents; 3) Driverless cars have high costs that make them inaccessible to most drivers; 4) There are unresolved ethical issues around how driverless cars should respond in accident scenarios since the rules and laws have not been fully developed.

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    Why Human Societies should not replace Driver

    Cars for Driverless Cars


    Driverless cars have been a recent invention in the last decades, known for improving
    transport without human driver intervention (Bonjukian, 2016). While this concept has
    been praised in the current times for its innovative benefits, there have been major
    concerns in its acceptability as there are considerable flaws in terms of its design. This
    essay will argue why having driverless cars are not beneficial for society in terms of
    their energy, vulnerability, affordability, and ethics.
    Firstly, the energy consumption of the driverless cars often tends to be costly. This is
    because such sophisticated vehicles with much automatic functions, requires much
    energy to operate, and if driverless cars rely on fossil fuels; the environmental damage
    would be insurmountably significant (Gawron, et. al, 2018). It is has been argued that
    driverless cars are energy efficient if electric and if the grid is renewable (Sioshansi,
    2016). Although, using renewable energy could reduce environmental impact, the BBC
    Future (Nunes, 2018) states that the demand for this amount of energy is not
    sustainable with the ever-increasing population which till now has not yet fully
    transitioned from the non-renewables. It is an issue that will continue until further
    developments in technological advances would resolve this.
    Secondly, contrary to popular belief, driverless cars still have a wide array of
    vulnerabilities. Being run automatically without any control from the human drivers,
    could lead to uncontrollable accidents caused by the malfunctioning AI (Merrett & Iqbal,
    2017). This is due to its automatic sensing being still inaccurate whilst any
    miscalculation by external environmental stimulus can cause the vehicle to react
    recklessly, resulting in deaths equally tragic as the human-driven cars. Even though
    driverless cars are considered 'safer' because the majority of road accidents are caused
    by human error, latter studies show that the hackers could compromise upon this
    computer-ran transport, which could even be used to intentionally cause accidents,
    endangering the powerless driver (Perlroth, 2017).
    Thirdly, the affordability of such sophisticated vehicles is low, hence, few customers are
    in the position to buy them. According Lienert (2017), the cost of driverless technology
    excluding the car itself, is between $70,000 to $150,000, meaning the price is three to
    four times the average cost of a new car in the US. This puts the cars into the category
    of ‘luxury vehicles’ and makes them inaccessible to the average driver (MEMA, 2015).
    While there are attempts to lower such prices, a report done by the research company
    Autonomous Research (Auto Express, 2016), states that autonomous cars will slash UK
    insurance premiums by 63 per cent by 2060, causing the motor insurance industry to
    shrink by over 80 per cent due to its rising prices. This suggests that the driverless cars
    are inherently costly, and the global economy is not ready for such tech to be fully
    implemented. Additionally, while Khanna and Barrett (2017) states that through the
    influence of world leaders with public funding initiatives could enhance the affordability
    in resolution, there is still much dispute for such automobile approach conflicts the
    interests of the mobile car industries where numerous manual jobs will be lost (Muller,
    2016)
    Fourthly, there is also an ethical issue in using these automatic vehicles as there is not
    yet general consensus or laws governing them (Rahwan, 2016). This potentially leads
    to a huge array of challenges such as one similar to the Trolley Problem, a scenario
    where the driverless cars will automatically make decisions on which life to sacrifice in a
    sudden accident (Merrett & Iqbal (2017). The lines of ethics are not fully drawn and so
    the issue remains unresolved and controversial. (The Week UK, 2014).
    In conclusion, this essay argued that the human societies should not replace driver cars
    with driverless cars as these new vehicles are still in development, and there are flaws
    such as in energy, vulnerability, affordability, and ethical designs that led to this closing.
    However, in the future, with a better innovative advancements and optional automatic-
    manual driving methods; this form of driverless cars will revolutionize society. There is
    potential in making lives of the drivers convenient and to limit vulnerabilities through
    better design (The Future World Organization, 2019). If the weakness are disregarded,
    it would likely result in creating disastrous outcomes for human society (Wolfe, 2017).
    Hopefully, humanity can find a resolution in its path as the idea seems promising and
    has potential when properly executed.
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