Ethical and Social Issues Related to Driverless Car Technology

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Case Study
Driverless Car Technology
Ethical and Social issues related to Driverless Car Technology
The social issue that is faced by introduction of driverless cars is that people are losing
their jobs. With the automation driving, there are traditional machines, taxi or truck drivers, or
insurance agents are going jobless [8]. There are also social issues that that includes change in
business models and with the related markets. The car insurance or the car manufactures are
also facing difficulty with the introduction of driverless cars.
There are many ethical issues that comes with the use of driverless cars on road. The
work that is easy for human might be sometimes difficult for machines to do. Tasks such as
recognizing face or may be riding a bicycle is very easy for human as humans are good at
perception or doing any mechanical tasks [3]. But it becomes very difficult to implement these
skills in machines. This is an ethical issue that comes from driverless cars. Driverless cars are not
capable of recognizing face or is good at perspective while driving. Another ethical issue that
can arise is making the algorithm a policy. The cars designed by engineers today will basically
determine how all the cars will drive in future. So, a little change in driving behavior will male
big difference. The driverless cars cannot make wide range decisions related to mobility and
safety.
Ethical and Social Issues pertaining in the system
The social issue that is pertaining in launching a driverless car is making prompt decision
when needed. With the drivers driving a cars, there is no risks as driver can take decision based
on the situation he faces. But, for auto driven cars, the programs are already installed which are
not capable of taking decision upon the changing environment [8]. For example, if a child
suddenly jumps on the path of the car, the driverless car are not capable of solving them.
There are ethical issues like security issues or privacy issues that pertain in launching
driverless car on road. A system is said to be secured is the system is not connected to the
network. If new software are not deployed on car, it is considered to be unethical as the system