The automotive world is seemingly on the cusp of a revolution: yes, the autonomous car. In the video above, YouTuber CGP Grey explains how this is actually a good thing.
There are a large number of drivers who believe the self-driving car is not the right direction for future mobility. But there’s also plenty of evidence to support the opposite, chiefly because the element of human error would be eliminated. This video explains how the eradication of human error eliminates the concept of traffic jams…
We’ve seen semi-autonomous driving from cars that possess adaptive steering and cruise control, but a car that manages itself completely and communicates with the cars around it theoretically possesses a much higher safety factor than one that is being driven by a fundamentally flawed human. We must, of course, emphasise the word “theoretically”.
Manufacturers such as Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and Ford have confirmed that they will have autonomous cars on the road in the near future.
