Some benefits of managing autonomous vehicles

Computers are great drivers. Do not drink and climb behind the wheel. Do not use drugs, do not get distracted or fall asleep, the red light will not go and stick closely to the car in front. And the reaction time is much less.

In fact, lead so well that a new study claims that autonomous vehicles have the potential to transform the driving experience by eliminating the majority of deaths due to traffic accidents, reduce congestion significantly and generate tens of billions of dollars in economic benefits. But there are still important to the extensive use of autonomous vehicles, of which the cost is the biggest obstacle.

Currently, sensors, software, engineering and computer needs electricity added more than 100 thousand per vehicle, something clearly beyond the reach of most people, the study said. But large-scale production “promises greater affordability over time,” the study concluded.

Also remain unanswered questions about public acceptance, liability in case of accidents and the ability of manufacturers to prevent hackers from penetrating the vehicle systems.

However, the advantages of autonomous vehicles are such that if only 10% of cars and trucks on U.S. roads were autonomous, could reduce deaths from traffic accidents thousand cases annually and generate cost savings and other worth almost 38 billion dollars, said the study of the Eno Center for Transportation, a foundation dedicated to improving transportation.

If 90% of the vehicles to be autonomous, some 21 000 700 annual deaths would be avoided by traffic accidents, and other benefits could reach 447 billion dollars, said the study, had access to it.