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Robots are nothing compared to the revolution that driverless cars are about to bring about. Next year the UK hopes to see trial
Robots are nothing compared to the revolution that driverless cars are about to bring about. Next year the UK hopes to see trial
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2019-10-13
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Robots are nothing compared to the revolution that driverless cars are about to bring about. Next year the UK hopes to see trials of driverless cars on British motorways. So it’s time to think seriously about what’s coming down the fast lane in 2017.
Let’s start with the positives. First, quite a lot of people who otherwise would be killed or injured on the roads will be saved. Almost all studies on properly equipped driverless cars suggest they are safer than those driven by humans in that they are better able to prevent accidents. There is an additional safety advantage for women, who worry about late-night taxi rides. A driverless car isn’t going to do you any harm.
Driverless cars should also greatly improve the urban landscape. We have become used to the ugliness of streets being choked by parked vehicles, but there will be little point in owning a car. The cost of a taxi ride is mostly made up by paying the driver, and therefore local rides would be dramatically cheaper. It will seem extravagant to spend much money to buy a car you can hire whenever you need it for far less.
So our streets will be clearer. There will have to be vast new infrastructure systems — huge garages to store the cars so they can arrive quickly when ordered. I wonder whether local train services will survive. We may propose that railway lines be turned into roads for driverless cars. I can imagine car ownership and car driving being frowned on as much as smoking at a family gathering is now.
But let’s turn to the dark side. First, the effect on jobs. There are just under 300, 000 HGV drivers licensed in the UK and about the same number of licensed taxi drivers in England and Wales. There are probably around a million people across the UK dependent upon driving others, or goods, or takeaways for their living. In an age of job insecurity, driving has become the way that many people
keep their heads above water
. If you can’t find anything else, sign up with a local cab firm and spend long hours on the streets.
There are also safety issues. This entire system depends upon the Internet. A terrorist attack, or even a large solar flare, could knock everything out. The more interconnected we are, the more vulnerable we are. As with most technological advances, driverless cars will be a wonderful future or a looming disaster, dependent on the political choices we make.
The main idea of this passage is that the driverless car revolution______.
选项
A、is about both technology and society
B、will be more of a curse than a blessing
C、can be a perfect solution to traffic jams
D、has been too controversial to be beneficial
答案
A
解析
认真阅读全文后,你会发现本文没有提及人们对无人驾驶汽车有争议,文章的核心内容不是论证这类车能否有效解决交通堵塞问题。作者的论点是无人驾驶汽车有利有弊,但并未说弊大于利,是福是祸还有待于时间的检验,因此排除选项B。作者不仅介绍了这类汽车的技术层面,也谈到了对司机命运的影响,所以选项A更合适。
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