Summary Of The Article Let The Robot Drive

In the non-fiction article, “Let the Robot Drive”, by Tom Vanderbilt the objective summary is about the pros and con of the future of driving. Tom Vanderbilt explains that driving has quickly changed from manual to autonomous abilities and that this quick growth in a car’s ability, will allow for cars to become smarter in the future. In addition, these autonomous abilities will be better than the human driver in every way. Tom believes this will lead to many positives and negatives for cars and their drivers. For drivers, the believed goal is to distance themselves from active engagement in operating vehicles which allows for more safety. The operating systems made for safety aren’t designed for that soul purposed but also for efficiency.

The system can tell if you are drowsy or tired. If you are a notification light in the shape of a coffee mug will appear to notify you that your drowsiness is impacting your driving. We found this fact interesting as it is very practical and smart technology that is relatively new. The technology can alert the driver, which in theory, could lead to better on road safety. The idea of increasing road safety in a practical and efficient way was interesting to

Tom proves this to the reader in many different ways. For example, as Tom is writing about the advantages of self driving cars on the road, in traffic and the amount of safety the self-driving cars offer, “In short it [self-driving cars] is better than human in just about every way.” (Vanderbilt 5) Tom Vanderbilt believes that from his research self-driving cars can do just about everything better than humans. Since the self-driving cars are better than humans, Tom believes that the technology is useful to humans and will help them. In addition to self-driving cars being better than humans, Tom Vanderbilt believes that if there were more self-driving cars on the road, the driving system would be more beneficial to humans. Tom is imagining that, “Even at its most packed, only about 5 percent of a highway surface is covered by automobiles; if cars were hyperalert and algorithmically optimized you could presumably squeeze many more of them onto the pavement” (Vanderbilt 5). If smart cars could allow for more cars on the road, there would in theory, be a decrease in traffic. This would help humans get to their destination faster. In short Tom Vanderbilts point of view of self driving cars is that they are an extremely useful