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Automobiles have become a necessity to keep our world functioning. Unfortunately, there are irreparable damages that cars can cause to the environment, which is one of the arguments used by people supporting the idea of driverless cars. The process of creating these cars undoubtedly takes a lot of money, along with other issues. While the development of driverless cars prompts a progressive future for the automobile industry, there are too many issues against this form of driving, like safety regulations, how the current laws on driving will be affected, and how to deal with accidents and lawsuits, so driverless cars are not an ideal thing to continue developing.

The number one concern involves how safe these cars can be. Although companies like Google take safety measures and thoroughly test the cars, there still is an element of uncertainty. With normal cars, it's up to the driver to pay attention to the road. The driverless cars claim to have sensors that detect any unusual activity, like Google's Toyota Prius, which has a LIDAR, a sensor that will use laser beams to update a 3-D model of the car's surroundings (Paragraph 4). This is one of the many sensors that each have a unique job and are needed to keep the car functioning. One problem that arises with these sensors is the reliability of them. Technology fails all the time, like a phone or television, and there are people that are hired to fix those issues. With driverless cars however, if someone were to crash or be stuck on the road for an unknown reason (because this technololgy is relatively new), will there be someone that can immediately fix the car? Because of the little reliabilty in this technology, there are a variety of safety concerns that would repel buyers.

The process of getting these cars on the market for normal people will take a long time. There will certainly be a number of government officials that will oppose this new technology because of how much it will change the laws involving driving. The laws currently reflect situations involving human beings behind the steering wheel, which is deemed the most safe form of driving. There are still states that oppose even testing the cars. Even if the rest of the states follow the few that already allow testing of driverless cars, there are too many changes that will be made regarding the law system. Since the biggest priority is safety, the laws will need to emphasize a back up plan from manufacturors if anything was to happen to the car-not involving the person behind the wheel.

With this new technology, lawsuits will start to become a blur. Deciding who was more responsible for the accident will get increasingly difficult. It will involve having to figure out every time the driver took control of the wheel, and whether the other cars were driverless or not (which will also have to be evaluated). This will make every lawsuit become more complicated than necessary. If there was a situation where the manufacturor was at fault, the credibilty of them and the reliabilty of the car will decrease. There will need to be new regulations set for any situation possible, in addition to the many laws involving normal cars. Driverless cars will become increasingly time consuming to deal with instead of making lives easier.

There are too many issues against this form of driving, like safety regulations, how the current laws on driving will be affected, and how to deal with accidents and lawsuits, despite the fact that driverless cars claim to make driving safer and easier. This branch of the industry will cost a lot of money, and would be a waste if it were not successful. People today like being in control of their environment, and driverless cars will take that away.

Score: 6