Automated automobiles

Introduction

In modern days, the revolution in information technology is making the performance of various tasks that important to human existence. Improved IT has led to the emergence of multiple machines and other equipment that have advanced production and efficiency in almost every human life field. With the improvement in technology, various economies are growing at a very high rate as the production costs have been significantly reduced (Hollingsworth, 2019). The advancement in technology has also impacted the transport industry. With the increasing need for people to reach their destinations with much ease, there has been a great modification of the locomotives. People in modern days need locomotives that can deliver services to a person’s doorstep without much cost. People are tired of the increased congestion on roads due to the increased number of people owning personal cars. As a result, there is much delay in the streets, making people late for their office appointments and inappropriately making business deliveries. As a result of the need for efficient transport means, companies have come up with improved locomotives that can transport people without any restrictions. The form of fuel used in these locomotives has also advanced to fit the environmentally friendly ones like the modification of cars that can utilize solar energy. People have also adopted small trains and large buses to avoid increased traffic on the roads (Hollingsworth, 2019).

Despite people adopting the use of bigger locomotives, which has also been supported by most governments, people are not yet satisfied as they need more luxury in their lives, which won’t be exempted in the transport industry (Sohail, 2010). As a result of this, companies are competing to come up with the most fitting luxurious locomotive that is affordable to the people. This has led to the invention of self-driven (automated engines). The companies have given much effort to develop automatic self-driving locomotives, but they have given less attention to the problems as disadvantages that may be associated with this intervention. As a result, the issues related to these self-driven car locomotives have become a significant issue in the transport system.

Article Summary

In an article by Paris Marx (2018), Self-driving cars are not the future; the technology level in the current days is not ready to use self-driven vehicles as a means of transport. The cars are not fit to be used, given the various problems that are associated with them.

The article from Medium.com, written by Paris Marx in 2018, talks about the problems associated with the development of self-driving cars. In his, article Marx starts by noting that the level of technology in use is not capable of handling automated cars.  This because the state of the roads in most towns is not able to support this innovation. He also states that automated vehicles are not promoting the physical activity of the users. The author talks about the dockless bikes and scooters’ adoption, where he shows how they have been accepted as smoother means of transport by the public in the U.S and especially in Washington, D.C. He, however, claims that the use of Dockless bikes and scooters will need government intervention to ensure they are used in a good manner.

To ensure the adoption of automated vehicles on the roads, the government of various countries will need to develop different policies governing the use of these locomotives. The technology being used to establish these locomotives needs to be improved as well. These measures can help develop the use of dock-less locomotives and control the usage of automated cars.

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The automated and dockless locomotives have impacted negatively on the urbanization in various ways.  Supporting Ideas/Examples/Details (include your references in brackets)

To make the adoption of the automated cars and dock-less locomotives, the government will need to restructure the state of the roads as well as the streets. This is because to adopt the use of the dock-less locomotives, and the roads will need to be expanded, this may need some structures that are constructed close to the roads to be demolished.

The adoption of the automated and dock-less locomotives has increased the traffic on our roads. This is due to the large number of people adopting this means of transport as opposed to the use of public SUVs. (Malysheva, 2020). Streets will need to be restructured so that they will be able to provide a large area to provide space for the parking of the increased number of dock-less automobiles (Malysheva, 2020).

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Government intervention is a significant determinant in the adoption of the Dock-less locomotives and the automated ones (Beise et al., 2004). The government has the power to regulate the conditions that have to be met by a given company to be granted the green light to produce these kinds of locomotives. The government has to ensure that the usage of these kinds of dock-less locomotives is controlled to prevent the issue of congestion on the roads. If the government fails to regulate the usage of the automated transport means, the health sector may also be affected this is due to the lack of physical activity by the users of these locomotives as they are mostly dropped in their houses hence most of them will not need to walk any further. The government also must come up with technology requirements that the developers of the docked-less vehicles will have to meet for their locomotives to be acceptable on the roads (Beise et al., 2004).

Conclusion:

The development of automated and dock-less locomotives has been associated with significant problems despite its ability to cope up with the improving technology. The issues affecting the development of these automobiles are diverse, with some being associated with the use of low technology to develop these automobiles while others are concerned with the negative impacts that the locomotives will have on various sectors. To do away with the above problems, it is key to ensure that technology in place can adequately support their adoption. To ensure the measures of adopting the automated and dock-less vehicles, the government will have to develop policies that will ens quality vehicles are developed.

References

Malysheva, E. V. (2020). Impact of Automated Vehicles on Urban Form. MS&E, 753(3), 032013.

Beise, M., & Rennings, K. (2004). The impact of national environmental policy on the global success of next-generation automobiles. International journal of energy technology and policy, 2(3), 272-283.

Hollingsworth, J., Copeland, B., & Johnson, J. X. (2019). Are e-scooters polluters? The environmental impacts of shared dockless electric scooters. Environmental Research Letters, 14(8), 084031.

Sohail, M. S., & Sahin, O. G. (2010). Country-of-origin effects on consumers’ evaluations of automobiles: Perspectives from a developing nation. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 22(3), 245-257.