Have you imagined what the future would look like? You may imagine robots doing many things, fast shuttles everywhere, and perhaps cars that drive themselves. Well, we can have the self driving car right now. However, many people don't like this idea. I believe that there should be self driving cars, because they are safer, efficient, and cheaper.
First of all, self driving cars would be much safer. They have been tested many times, and the all the errors were fixed. Google has successfully created a self driving car, and will release self driving taxis in a year. The software in the cars would make fewer errors than humans. It will know how much to accelerate, so that there is enough space between cars to prevent a crash. It won't turn at the wrong??? light. (put some preamble)The software never gets distracted.
Second of all, self driving cars are more efficient. It will automatically find the shortest route, and will follow it. It will also accelerate just enough so it doesn't have to stop when the person ahead brakes. Traffic will flow much faster since the cars will be traveling uni-formally (in-consert).
Finally, the cost of self driving cars is much cheaper. electric cars =>Fewer parts. So, the cost of materials for the car will be much less, and therefore, so will the sell price of the car. [1) "Some estimates bring the price to $10K per vehicle, a stark contrast with today’s average of $30K per vehicle." So self driving cars are 20K less than the average vehicle.
Often times like in taxi there is a driver. This driver charges for his time. When driving children around, mom or dad have to be there. There is opportunity cost of taking children around is time used for doing other things like doing more office work to earn more money.
Self driving taxis carry often 1 less person. Thus, the cost of fuel and labour cost would make operating selfdriving car cheaper.
Often times like in taxi there is a driver. This driver charges for his time. When driving children around, mom or dad have to be there. There is opportunity cost of taking children around is time used for doing other things like doing more office work to earn more money.
(1)http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-we-have-self-driving-cars
(2)https://singularityhub.com/2018/02/14/why-the-rise-of-self-driving-vehicles-will-actually-increase-car-ownership/#sm.00000m6dns22ube7pu39z6myj273k
