These days if you pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV or radio you may hear or read about the advantages of driverless cars also called self driving or autonomous cars The technology is simple to understand using sensors and computers these cars can dri

The reading and the lecture are both about the impact of driverless cars on modern human lives. The author of the reading is of the opinion that automated cars would help people in an immense way and have a positive impact on our lives. The lecturer challenges the claims made by the author. He is of the opinion that there are many disadvantages of using self-driving cars and they need to be given importance. To begin with, the author of the passage argues that the traffic accidents can be avoided with the use of self-driving cars as they are run by software that makes no error unlike humans. The article mentions the example of a self-driving that made headlines by travelling a record breaking 70, 000 miles on its own without any accident. This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He says, the software of the automated cars is human made and any error made would be a treat for accidents. Additionally, he says that the car that drove 70, 000 miles without accident was actually hit by a truck last month. This shows that even self-driving cars are prone to accidents. Secondly, the author suggests that automated cars are capable of communicating with other cars on the road and can avoid the traffic jams. In the article it is said that less traffic jams would lead to efficient driving and less air pollution. The lecturer, however, rebuts this by mentioning that the rise of self-driving cars would eventually make more people use cars without any age restrictions. He elaborates on this by bringing up the point that more cars on the road would increase the pollution and contradicts the claims by the author. Finally, the author posits that people can get time to do other activities like reading, watching videos instead of focusing on the road when they use driverless cars. Moreover, in the article it is stated that the commute of citizens would be a lot more entertaining. In contrast, the lecturer position is that driverless cars would take away the joy of driving and would disappoint the people who love to drive to relax their minds. He notes that the trend of automated cars will make commuting a mundane task of watching mobiles and gadgets which people do all the day.