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Self-driving cars

Title

Self-driving cars / Lisa Idzikowski, book editor, Pete Schauer, book editor.

Format

Book

Edition

First edition.

Published

New York, NY : Greenhaven Publishing, LLC, 2019. ©2019

Description

120 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other contributors

Idzikowski, Lisa, editor. Schauer, Pete, editor.

Variant title

Self driving cars

Uniform series

Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Are self-driving cars safe?
• Autonomous vehicles can reduce the amount of teen traffic accidents / Allison Crow
• Tesla's autopilot feature isn't fully safe just yet / Joan Lowy and Tom Krisher
• Self-driving cars can be hacked / Siraj Ahmed Shaikh and Madeline Cheah
• Autonomous cars may lead to vehicle sharing / Ben Schonberger and Steve Gutmann
• Self-driving cars can be both positive and negative for the environment / Carolyn Beeler
• Do self-driving cars benefit society?
• Self-driving cars will ease congestion and parking / Ian Adams
• Self-driving cars could lead to increased congestion in our cities / Jarrett Walker
• How self-driving cars can benefit the environment / Roddy Scheer
• Autonomous cars will result in job loss / Joel Lee
• Self-driving cars will increase fuel efficiency / Tao Lin
• Self-driving cars can serve as valuable data collectors for many industries / Peter Wells
• Will self-driving cars become the norm in the next ten years?
• Self-driving cars will soon become more common / Philip E. Ross
• Fully autonomous cars are a long way off / Jarrett Walker
• Will autonomous cars result in utopia or dystopia? / Phil McKenna
• Nontechnical challenges could prevent self-driving cars from taking off / Jon Walker
• Facts about self-driving cars
• Organizations to contact
• For further reading.

Summary

Once they were the stuff of science fiction, but almost out of nowhere, self-driving cars have become a reality. Experts suggest that driverless cars will appear on our roads within five to twenty years, and Uber has already piloted a self-driving car program in select cities. Driverless cars are undoubtedly cool, but are they safe? Why do we need self-driving cars? Is it a case of technology creating a "need," or will they actually provide a benefit to society? This fascinating and timely volume offers a diverse array of perspectives written by experts on this twenty-first-century subject-- Provided by publisher.

Subject headings

Automated vehicles--Juvenile literature. Transportation, Automotive--Safety measures--Juvenile literature. Automobiles--Automatic control--Social aspects--Juvenile literature.

Genre heading

Juvenile works.

ISBN

9781534503632 library bound 1534503633 library bound 9781534503649 paperback 1534503641 paperback