In the future, driverless cars will be an important aspect of
society. In fact, you will finally be able to drink and drive, while
probably eating some buffalo wings. So in our part one in my two part
series I will highlight some important changes to how a driverless future
impacts us. Let us begin.
No more driver licenses: With a driverless car, you never
need to apply or obtain a driver’s license. Reason being is that you will
never have to drive your own car again. While it will take a while for
this to occur, (and the military being a possible exception) why bother owning
a car?
No need to own a car: That is right, you will not have to
own your own vehicle ever again. You will have the equivalent of robotic
taxis come to your door at a preprogrammed time to drive you to work. Or
if you intend to go shopping, you simply summon the closest car via an app on
your smartphone.
Speeds increase: With this change over to driverless
cars, the cars can drive at faster speeds without people having to worry about
crashing into others due to their on board systems. You can literally
drive at 100+ miles per hour to get wherever you are going because you need not
fear crashing. While we drive, slower speeds equal safety, but robots use
precision technology and sensors which allow for efficient flow of traffic,
hence the faster speeds.
As speeds increase: Once speeds on these roads
increase, to insure that people who want to drive their own cars and robots
cars do not get into accidents, it is most probable that States, towns or
government in general will make it illegal to drive your own car. They
will mandate that people cannot drive their car on certain roads or not allowed
to drive completely as people will get into accidents with driverless cars, and
not the other way around (yeah, we suck at driving).
Cars that we may still own: If this does not result in the
banning of car ownership, it would mean that cars can be transformed into
mobile offices, or even bars. Literally, they will be custom made to suit
each individual in the same way you might customize a house that you live in.
So you can still have your garage, and the car will pull out in front of
your house, open the door for you when you approach and then finally, have a
cup of coffee waiting for you when you get in. All cars will have Wi-Fi,
and other electronic goodies that will make your ride as comfortable and as
none noticeable as possible.
Conclusion: This is the primary impacts on us
the drivers. However, what about the government and how much it collects
from us in taxes, fees, and tickets on our cars and our driving. Well,
see the next issue for details.
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