On a way to come up with a safer car transportation? by Petra Calovkova

General Motors Corporation has declared that we are not far from being able to use cars while doing almost nothing more than sitting in it. The technology is not a big deal, since most of it is already available and they think that the rest can be put together in following years. But the question is whether that is a solution that people and governments will support or rather reject. It can be nice to imagine that we can just get in to the car, make the destination is clear and then take a rest and happily and safely arrive to that destination. But on the other hand, will we be able to put enough trust into the car and actually into the technology which is operating it? Or will some of us be able to give up driving generally? Because driving a car can be also fun and relax for some. But General Motors has obviously its arguments why it will surely be advantageous for the whole society. These driverless cars should for example prevent people from dying on the roads, because majority of car accidents are caused by drivers and so if the car has no driver, majority of people should be safe according to what GM says. Later on, with improving this technology, they say it should also eliminate traffic jams, because driverless cars will be set to save every possible space on the road, so they will stand close to each other and fill up spaces which are not but could be used. General Motors wants to test these cars by 2015 so let's see what their results will be.

by Petra Calovkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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