Introduction
Self-driving cars are the future, and Google’s self-driving car program is leading the charge. As we’ve seen with other self-driving technologies, like automatic braking and lane assistance, self-driving cars promise to save lives. They’ll reduce accidents by as much as 90{a5ecc776959f091c949c169bc862f9277bcf9d85da7cccd96cab34960af80885}—and it’s easy to see why.
The accident rate for self-driving cars is much lower than that of human-driven cars and trucks.
If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen a few accidents on the road in your lifetime. I remember one time when I was driving through town and saw a bus go off the road and into the side of another bus. It was horrible! Luckily, no one was hurt in this crash–but imagine if it had happened with human drivers at the wheel instead? There would have been deaths and injuries for sure!
That’s why self-driving cars are so great: they don’t get distracted by their phones or other passengers; they don’t drink alcohol before getting behind the wheel; they don’t text while driving (or even while stopped at red lights). Self-driving cars can focus 100{a5ecc776959f091c949c169bc862f9277bcf9d85da7cccd96cab34960af80885} of their attention on driving safely all day long without any breaks needed for rest or sleepiness like human drivers do every single day! This means that accidents caused by humans such as drunk driving will become obsolete once all vehicles are driven by computers instead of people
Self-driving cars could reduce traffic accidents by as much as 90{a5ecc776959f091c949c169bc862f9277bcf9d85da7cccd96cab34960af80885}.
- Self-driving cars will reduce the number of accidents.
- Self-driving cars will reduce the severity of accidents.
- Self-driving cars will reduce the cost of accidents.
- Self-driving cars will reduce the time to recover from accidents.
Self-driving cars will save lives.
Self-driving cars are safer than human-driven cars.
A study from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that self-driving vehicles would reduce traffic accidents by 90{a5ecc776959f091c949c169bc862f9277bcf9d85da7cccd96cab34960af80885} and save as many as 33,000 lives each year in the U.S., according to The New York Times. That’s because computers don’t get distracted, drunk or tired like humans do–and they can react faster than you ever could when faced with an emergency situation such as another car swerving into yours on the freeway or a pedestrian stepping into traffic.
Self-driving cars will also reduce congestion on our roads by eliminating stoplight waits and lane changes caused by drivers looking for parking spots (or just not paying attention).
Google’s self-driving cars promise a safer future on the road.
If you’re like me, you’ve probably been thinking about how much safer it would be if cars were self-driving. The technology is already here–it’s just a matter of implementing it on a large scale.
Google has been developing their own self-driving cars since 2009 and they’ve also been working with other companies to get them out onto the streets as soon as possible. Their goal? To save lives by reducing traffic accidents and congestion in our cities.
Conclusion
Google’s self-driving cars promise a safer future on the road. They have an accident rate that is much lower than human-driven cars, and they could reduce traffic accidents by as much as 90{a5ecc776959f091c949c169bc862f9277bcf9d85da7cccd96cab34960af80885}. In addition to being safer for drivers and passengers, they will also reduce pollution because they don’t need fuel or oil changes like traditional vehicles do.
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