问答题 We may not yet be conscious of the implications of the coming technological revolution in self-driving cars. But auto manufacturers and technology companies predict that by 2020, self-driving cars will be navigating public roads in countries such as the US, UK and Finland. Most autonomous vehicles will not be owned by individuals but by companies, and rented out to travelers by the hour.
Self-driving is known as a way of improving traffic flows and decreasing road accidents. Advocates of this technology think that they can remove fallible and inattentive humans from behind the steering wheel. If car ownership diminishes in the age of self-driving cars, the days of car parks are numbered.
Despite the upsides of this technology, some people are worried about its downsides. Hacking will be a menace. Individuals will try to dismantle their cars" software, causing accidents. Organized hackers and terrorists will seek to cause large accidents. What"s more, chaos will occur when autonomous car operators fail to charge their cars sufficiently and run out of power on busy roads.