In the future, all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless. the only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passengers. Do you think that the advantages of driverless vehicles outweigh the disadvantages?

It has been argued that future generations will be experiencing technological advancements, in which the only people inside cars, buses, and trucks, will be there as passengers. The purpose of

this

essay is to discuss why I am inclined to the view that the benefits of

this

technology do not seem to prevail over the drawbacks. One of the more salient downsides of having transportation without

drivers

is that it might increase the number of accidents. The reason behind

this

is that when a vehicle is driven by machines,

instead

of humans, the human responses to an unpredictable event is removed;

hence

, the machine might not be able to process a response in time to avoid an accident. A good illustration is the recent rise in collisions of cars reported, where

drivers

have admitted to being using the automatic pilot of their cars before the incident. An additional disadvantage of driverless vehicles is that many people might lose their jobs due to the fact that it may not be necessary to have them drive.

For example

, many taxi

drivers

or people who drive public transport will not be needed anymore.

Thus

,

this

condition may force them to look for another possibility of income.

However

, there are benefits that cannot be ignored, one of which is the reduction in cost to

companies

. As there is no necessity to have

drivers

in buses and trucks

companies

will be able to save money related to their salaries. In fact, many

companies

suggest that the highest cost for them regarding their product is in terms of transportation and legal rights of

drivers

. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that the downsides of automatic-driver vehicles in terms of the loss of human response to an event and the increasing unemployment seems to predominate over the gains

such

as reduction in the costs for

companies

. Given

this

situation, it seems that technological advancements must be carefully considered in

this

area before being put into use.