I would like to introduce you to the remarkable Autonomous vehicle also known as the self-driving car, the drive-less vehicle and the robotic car, which is capable of sensing its environment and navigate the roads without any human input. This short of a man-made miracle can also detect its surroundings by using a variety of techniques, for instance, radar, GPS, odometry and computer vision with the tendency to identify appropriate roadways as well as obstacles and relevant road signs with its advanced control interpret sensory information system, which also includes a sensory data analyzer to distinguish between different vehicles on the roadway plus planned paths to your desired destination.
Actually, the first self-sufficient vehicle appeared in the 1980's and since then major companies and research organizations have been working and developing prototypes until this year where these steer-less metal horses are now being considered to go on the open market if they haven't been already.
Among the benefits of owning one of these babies are the significant reduction in death-related accidents, less traffic congestion, enhance mobility for the elderly and people with disabilities, relieve weary road travelers, navigational road solving, less fuel consumption, lower insurance costs, produce less air pollution, but along with the bennies are some of the drawbacks, for example, there have been some dispute regarding liability, the time needed to turn in an existing stock of vehicles from their non-autonomous vehicles to autonomous vehicles, resistance from individuals to forfeit control of their own cars, customer concern regarding safety issues of drive-less vehicles, implementation of the legal framework and establishment of government regulations, risk of loss of privacy and security concerns such as hackers and terrorists, and possible loss of driving-related jobs.
Yes...human technology has come a long way since Henry Ford invented the Model-T, but honey...we have arrived! Although this amazing contraption came to no surprise to me since our airliners like the huge 747 can fly the clear blue skies while our daring pilots took a short nap, but one question remains after all the kinks are finally worked out and humanity finally master the concept behind computerized self-sufficient driving vehicles is...who is going to apply for their driver's license since we'll be the ones riding shotgun? Hmm...sounds pretty interesting doesn't it?
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