In the future, all
vehicles
are expected to be autonomous driven and the need for drivers will not exist anymore. I believe that despite the apparent benefit of
this
possibility
such
as reducing the number of car accidents and people injures and deaths associated with them, there are indisputable disadvantages relating to a significant impact on the
level
of social welfare of some categories of workers as it may increase the
level
of unemployment among them.
To begin
with, the major benefit associated with self-driving
cars
is an opportunity to decrease
vehicles
crashes with a high
level
of people’s deaths.
This
is because autonomous
vehicles
are considered to be more precise in driving without errors inherited in humans as being too tired to drive in the nighttime and make an accident or make irrational actions due to uncontrolled emotions.
As a result
, self-driving
cars
may bring the great benefit of the opportunity to make roads much safer.
However
, on no account should the security issues be ignored, as a large number of automated
cars
on the road have to be coordinated with each other and, as a consequence, would be associated in the same network, which may be compromised by a hacking attack.
On the other hand
, a major problem of self-driving
vehicles
is closely tied not only to changing the way of working
such
businesses like fast food delivery and taxi service, but
also
it may affect those who depend on driving to make a living, like truckers and bus drivers.
This
is because drivers’ career is bound to be obsolete with introducing automated
cars
.
As a result
, it highly likely to contribute to the increasing of the unemployment rate and to the diminishing income
level
of the above categories of workers, which in turn will have an impact on people's well-being and even may increase social tension in society.
For instance
, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2019 more than 2.9 million people were employed as drivers, and a potential loss of these working places may cause a significant problem in the US labour market in the future.
In conclusion, I am strongly convinced that serious shortcomings of driverless
vehicles
outweigh those potential benefits, which
this
approach is likely to provide.
This
is because, despite the fact of much safety on the road providing by self-driving
cars
, the consequences of widespread implementation of these automated
vehicles
such
as mass job displacement in the sphere of driving and high
level
of vulnerability to the threat of hackers should not be underestimated.