Now you can cruise Dubai’s E11 freeway in a fully self-driving car, attend zoom meetings, play Grand Theft Auto V on your smartphone, or snooze in the passenger seat.
A great technique that you have entrusted with your life, and thus the lives of those around you, is an evil walk chasing his arm and all other body parts with an improper bid to drive through 12 lanes. Of the traffic that could not be found.
A car that’s smart enough to at least detect a serious problem has already triggered incident reports, camera footage, and its I am sending the place to the police. Arrival of emergency service.
Swarm intelligence is used to keep traffic at optimal speeds The constant rush hour flow of self-driving cars moves smoothly around the victim’s body, so it’s almost never slowed down.
Today, in Dubai or almost anywhere in the world, if an accident occurs like a human driver driving a normal car, he or she will face very serious consequences.
But with one of the apparently urgent recent twists to pave the way for the imminent and widespread adoption of fully self-driving cars, the UK Government’s review of potential legal holes in future roads is for automobiles. The user is prosecuted for everything from running a red light to dangerous driving that can be fatal.
Responsibility should advise reviews and rely entirely on the company behind the vehicle’s driving system. It suggests that the user’s responsibility should be limited to ensuring that the car is properly insured and that the passengers are wearing seat belts.
It is not clear whether the UK Government will adopt these recommendations or, in fact, how many other countries will follow. But as the outlook for fully self-driving cars gets closer to reality, the government is tackling the legal implications.
And, in the end, the whole world will adopt a unified legal structure to address the almost philosophical challenges posed by self-driving cars. Automakers cannot afford to create complex technical systems and legal structures to meet the different requirements of dozens of different jurisdictions.
As manufacturers put more pressure on legislators, the turmoil is already dominating – starting with the widely adopted definition of automation and recalled by the Society of Automotive Engineers International.
According to this, there are currently five levels of automation. In vehicles classified as Levels 0 to 2, users have their hands off the wheels and their feet off the pedals, despite a smart driver support system from automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning to lane center maintenance. Even if it is, it is considered to be driving. Adaptive cruise control.
However, in level 3-5 cars, sitting behind the steering wheel does not consider the user to be driving.
Only Level 5 vehicles can drive themselves under all conditions, and despite the hype behind Tesla’s “autopilot” system, such vehicles can be used anywhere in the real world on the road. Not certified.
This technology is still far from explosion-proof. In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating the autopilot system after Tesla identified 11 crashes since 2018 when it crashed into a vehicle in the scene where the first responder was working. ..
Recently in California, a Tesla driver who passed a red light on an autopilot and crashed into another car and killed two people became the first person to use an autonomous driving system charged with manslaughter. rice field.
They don’t say it out loud, but for engineers developing self-driving cars and investors who support their efforts, such deaths are sad but avoided on the road to progress. No sacrifice.
After all, as the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders argues, in the UK alone, “autonomous driving systems can prevent 47,000 serious accidents and save 3,900 lives in the next decade.”
That’s good. But SMMT describes a fully-honed technology that resolves all bugs. This is a reality far away.
Innovation is a jet fuel for economic growth, and we all benefit from the introduction of new industries. But aside from the fact that many love driving, whether self-driving cars are needed, and how many drivers take their eyes off the road, take their hands off the steering wheel, and trust their lives. I asked if I was really happy. Computer program?
Meanwhile, many countries, including the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, are rushing to show their position as leaders in this still highly experimental field. Dubai, for example, has declared that 25% of road transport will be autonomous by 2030.
And there is another hurriedly wrapped moral issue for accepting robotic cars, where no one investing in technology has the incentive to deal with it.
What about the lives of tens of thousands of foreign drivers from Arab Gulf countries from countries such as India and Pakistan and their families in their hometowns who rely on remittances?
Technology doesn’t have a social conscience, but you do.
If a self-driving car kills a pedestrian, it may not be affected by the prosecution. But to be honest, the hasty adoption of unprepared and unprepared technology can be guilty of complicating far greater social disasters and not yet properly considering their implications.
This article was provided by Syndication bureau, Retains copyright.
Jonathan Gornall is a British journalist who previously belonged to the Times. He lives and works in the Middle East and is now based in the United Kingdom.