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The document discusses the future of transportation with driverless vehicles, highlighting their advantages such as improved safety, better road efficiency, and environmental sustainability. However, it also addresses significant disadvantages including potential unemployment, high costs, and data security concerns. Ultimately, while autonomous cars offer notable benefits, their drawbacks present substantial challenges that cannot be overlooked.

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WednesdayWT2#53.2

The document discusses the future of transportation with driverless vehicles, highlighting their advantages such as improved safety, better road efficiency, and environmental sustainability. However, it also addresses significant disadvantages including potential unemployment, high costs, and data security concerns. Ultimately, while autonomous cars offer notable benefits, their drawbacks present substantial challenges that cannot be overlooked.

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In the future, all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless.

The only people travelling


inside these vehicles will be passengers. What are the advantages and the
disadvantages?

Advantagesbenefits; merits; upsides; pros; pluses; desirable aspects; on the bright


side; positive aspects/considerations/features/qualities/points; positive outcomes;
advantageous

Disadvantagesdrawbacks; demerits; downsides; cons; minuses; undesirable aspects;


negative aspects/considerations/features/qualities/points; negative outcomes; side-
effects; obstacles/challenges; disadvantageous

Advantages(self-driving/unmanned/ Disadvantages
autonomous) (self-driving/unmanned/autonomous)
- These cars are more - Automation of cars is likely to be
desirable/preferable than responsible for
traditional ones from a safety unemploymenttruck and taxi
standpointbecause they are drivers will be put out of work
controlled by computers, there is
generally lower chance of road
accident
- Better road efficiencySince cars - Less affordable most self-
are manipulated by AI system, driving cars on the market cost
there will be higher precision in over $50,000, which practically
driver, thus reducing traffic jams how much an average American
and possibly, fuel consumption. makes annually
- These cars are more sustainable - Concerns over data security
from an environmental point of
view.

Given the pace at which transportation technology is developing, it is only a matter of


time before all vehicles become self-driving.

Thesis statement V1:

The following paragraphs will shed light on/address/discuss the benefits as well as the
drawbacks of this prospect.

Thesis statement V2:

While there are some upsides to such a prospect, possible drawbacks should not be
ignored/overlooked.
To start, autonomous cars will improve our lives in numerous ways. The most
obvious/immediate/significant benefit has to do with safety. Since such cars are
controlled by computers, there is generally a lower chance of road accidents. This is
because most traffic accidents occur due to human error, so it is safe to say that the
number of these incidences will diminish once humans are removed from the equation.
Beyond that, with automation comes precision. AI-manipulated cars have been claimed
to make better decisions on the road such as picking the most efficient route, speed and
timing of lane switching. Last but not least, environmental sustainability is arguably the
biggest selling point of driverless cars as most of these vehicles in this category are
powered by mostly renewable energy sources.

Nevertheless, cars of the future are not without their drawbacks. Concerns have been
raised over a drastic rise in unemployment resulting from transition to automation in
the transportation industry. Indeed, truck and taxi drivers represent a substantial share
of the workforce, and making these jobs redundant can ultimately hurt the economy.
Price point is another major disadvantage. Most self-driving cars on the market cost
over $50,000, and to put into perspective, this is practically how much an average
American makes annually. Finally, data security can prove to be an insurmountable
challenge to self-driving car manufacturers; a single virtual hack is likely to cause major
setbacks such as traffic hold-ups and possibly, traffic-related deaths.

In conclusion, even though the advantages of autonomous cars range from safety to
environmentally-friendliness, unemployment, affordability and data security make them
a rather disadvantageous option.

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