Tween Tribune Article, Police Pull Over a Self-Driving Car

Today I read the November 16, 2015 Tween Tribune article, “Police Pull Over A Self-Driving Car.”  In the article it explains how a police officer pulled over a car because, “The officer noticed the car going a road clogging 24mph in a 34mph zone.” Yet, when the officer tried to pull over the car to give the person a ticket, there was no one in the car to give the ticket to! In the text it states,”He stopped the car and contacted it’s operators to let them know it was slowing traffic, but no ticket was given.”

It’s good that he contacted Google but despite that the officer gave a warning, it could happen again. In fact, if Google keeps putting more self-driving cars on the roads, then this will cause a major problem.

I think that they should not put self-driving cars on the roads because they are way to dangerous. For example, if there is a kid crossing at the last few seconds or a school bus has a stop sign up, how will the car know what to do in those situations?  If a car makes a turn and goes out of control, there is no one is there to control it. That could put a lot of peoples life at risk. Even with a person in the driver’s seat; what is the point of being in the front seat when you could just drive?  Technology isn’t alert as people are and that could put a lot of people in danger. That’s why I think that people should not put self-driving cars on the road.

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