[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/blog\/where-will-all-the-drivers-go\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/blog\/where-will-all-the-drivers-go\/","headline":"Where Will All The Drivers Go?","name":"Where Will All The Drivers Go?","description":"The autobot is here.\u00a0 Science fiction movie self driving cars (think\u00a0Herbie\u00a0and the\u00a0Transformers) in the form of so-called driverless cars are already traveling the highways of America, on their own.\u00a0\u00a0 The Google car is one example \u2013 not so much driverless car as\u00a0 it is a self-driven car or an automobile robot with a passenger, just in case \u2013 autobot anyone?\u00a0\u00a0 The New York Times published an\u00a0article\u00a0describing a problem that we, the human drivers, caused by our less than perfect attention to safety rules.\u00a0 \u201cDmitri Dolgov, head of software for Google\u2019s […]","datePublished":"2020-03-23","dateModified":"2022-10-25","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/blog\/author\/nyadi\/#Person","name":"nyadi","url":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/blog\/author\/nyadi\/","identifier":2,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f73ebb619aff5703a1a5bef8abfb07bffcc6b5f099f91fc21e75fffac746d2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f73ebb619aff5703a1a5bef8abfb07bffcc6b5f099f91fc21e75fffac746d2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NYADI","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NYADI-LogoHigh-Res.png","url":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NYADI-LogoHigh-Res.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/trans3.jpg","url":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/trans3.jpg","height":206,"width":480},"url":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/blog\/where-will-all-the-drivers-go\/","about":["Blog"],"wordCount":536,"articleBody":"The autobot is here.\u00a0 Science fiction movie self driving cars (think\u00a0Herbie\u00a0and the\u00a0Transformers) in the form of so-called driverless cars are already traveling the highways of America, on their own.\u00a0\u00a0 The Google car is one example \u2013 not so much driverless car as\u00a0 it is a self-driven car or an automobile robot with a passenger, just in case \u2013 autobot anyone?\u00a0\u00a0 The New York Times published an\u00a0article\u00a0describing a problem that we, the human drivers, caused by our less than perfect attention to safety rules.\u00a0 \u201cDmitri Dolgov, head of software for Google\u2019s Self-Driving Car Project, said that one thing he had learned from the project was that human drivers needed to be \u201cless idiotic.\u201dAt some point, we will all need to learn how to coexist with the driverless cars or we will lose our right to drive.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 A driverless car has no case of road rage, for one reason.A few others:no cutting in shortno tailgatingno speeds unsafe for conditionsno weaving in and outtexting or taking callsand, of course, all signs and speed limits obeyed.When the final highway safety program is achieved for self driving cars and the emotional and sometimes impaired humans are banished from our roadways, what will passionate drivers do to get their driving fix?\u00a0 I suppose there will be private tracks and roads to play on.\u00a0 For some, video simulations might be enough.\u00a0 But, I suspect, many people will mourn the loss of giving up the freedom of driving to the auto driving car.\u00a0 Driving a car brings a feeling of freedom and a major adrenaline boost to many Americans.\u00a0\u00a0 We experience a sense of autonomy, largely missing in our occupations, and the thrill of dominating a powerful entity.\u00a0 Where else but on the highway or busy rural streets can we experience something akin to racing across the prairie in a posse or riding next to a herd of cattle?\u00a0 Driving is the only non-spectator sport that most Americans pursue.\u00a0 Being a passenger in a self driving car just doesn\u2019t give the same thrill.AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY WITH DRIVERLESS CARSAt\u00a0New York Automotive & Diesel Institute\u00a0in Queens, NY, our\u00a0automotive technology\u00a0students are, first and foremost, fans of cars and driving.\u00a0 It is not too much to say that they love cars.\u00a0 They are enthusiastically studying the technology of electric and hybrid cars as well as traditional combustion engines.\u00a0 They are fascinated by the hydrogen engine.\u00a0 Eventually, they will learn the ins and outs of the driverless car and self-driving car technology. It seems a sorry thing to deprive the mechanics of tomorrow the thrill of driving the machines they repair and maintain.In imagining this future of completely safe (but boring) highway transportation, I have a few suggestions.\u00a0 Will I be able to send my car to the store with a list?\u00a0 Can I have it pick up my child from daycare?\u00a0 Or my mother from the doctor\u2019s.\u00a0 Will it make me sit in the back?\u00a0 Am I allowed to be a backseat driver?\u00a0 If it can\u2019t find a parking spot will it keep slowly circling the block while I shop?\u00a0 Can I call it Jeeves?"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Where Will All The Drivers Go?","item":"https:\/\/nyadi.edu\/blog\/where-will-all-the-drivers-go\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]