Research Report

For

Dha Suffa University

“How will self driving cars change the way
people live.”
Prepared by:
Muhammad Ammar Ashraf Khan (me171017)
Muhammad Ahsan Khizar Khan (me171066)
Syed Umer Ahmed (me171080)

ABSTRACT:
Whether you call them self-driving, driverless, automated, or autonomous, these vehicles
are on the move. Recent announcements by Google (which drove over 500,000 miles on its
original prototype vehicles) and other major automakers indicate the potential for
development in this area. Driverless cars are often discussed as “disruptive technology”
with the ability to transform transportation infrastructure, expand access, and deliver
benefits to a variety of users. Some observers estimate limited availability of driverless cars
by 2020, with wide availability to the public by 2040.

This Article includes examination of the current status of this technology, and the
implications for road safety, capacity, travel behavior, and cost. This report also consider
the regulatory framework and policy challenges this technology may face. In particular, this
Article present the perspective of Pakistan.

INTRODUCTION:
In this technical report we will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of self driving
cars, the statistic shows us that all the major or minor accidents happening all around the
world are due to one main reason and that is the human error. Nowadays people, while
driving, are often engaged in other distractions such as using the phone or eating and
drinking or taking with there fellow car mates. These distraction can cause the driver to give
less attention to his driving and can increase the probability of accidents. So to reduce this
probability we have to eliminate the human error. Therefore this is the main reason for the
invention of self driving cars. There is considerable uncertainty about these issues.
Optimists predict that by 2030, autonomous vehicles will be sufficiently reliable and
affordable to replace most human driving, providing independent mobility to non-drivers,
reducing driver stress and tedium, accident and pollution problems

PROCEDURE:
The idea of autonomous vehicles first gained widespread public exposure at GM’s ‘Futurama’2
exhibit at the 1939 World’s fair. In 2009, Google introduced its driverless cars project under the
leadership of Sebastian Thrum, an alumnus of the Grand Challenge. By 2012, this project had moved
on to complex city streets. The first accident occurred in Febuaury , 2016 . This was the first known
death caused by a self-driving car. In September 2016, a driverless bus began carrying passengers
through Lyon, France.10 Similarly, countries across the globe looking to prepare in advance and
account for the ever increasing demand and popularity of driverless technologies, and the resultant
paradigm shift in the idea of personal mobility, have already begun drafting necessary rules and
regulations.

Most car makers are now expecting to sell advance autonomous vehicles by 2025. The reality of the
driverless future and the issues that it is bound to raise, are much more than expectations .
Tesla’s founder, Elon Musk, in 2016 estimated that true autonomous driving car would be achieved in
the next 5 to 6 years, by which time one would be able to get into their car, go to sleep and wake up at
their respective destinations. Uber has already stepped up its game in the market as its former CEO,
Travis Kalanick expected the entire Uber fleet to be driverless by 2030. Trial run of driverless Uber cabs
have already begun in Pittsburg, Singapore and San Francisco and are already facing regulatory hurdles.

Looking to cash in on the emerging software space relating to driverless cars, Blackberry announced
plans to invest around $76 million and establish a hub in Ottawa, Canada under its QNX platform to
develop software which could supplementing the functioning of the driverless vehicle. Honda Motor. Co.
has been in talks with Wymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google from December 2016, to strike a
deal that would put Waymo’s self-driving technologies into some of its cars.

The life would be much more easier by driver less cars .

RESULT:
1: Millions of lives will be saved each year.

About 1.24 million people die all over the world each year in collisions, and that number is
expected to skyrocket to 2.2 million by 2030,

In the PAKISTAN alone, about 33,000 people die in traffic-related deaths every year.

Driverless cars, though, have the potential to dramatically reduce the number of accidents, thus
they potentially save millions of lives.

2: Carbon emissions will be dramatically reduced.

In addition to saving lives, driverless cars may also help save our planet.
Because autonomous vehicles were built to optimize efficiency in acceleration, braking, and
speed variation, they help increase fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions .

3: People will stop owning cars.

Industry experts predict self-driving cars will dramatically change consumers' traveling habits,
spurring them to trade car ownership for on-demand robo-taxis.

In fact, vehicle ownership could decline as much as 43% in the world

4: Traffic will disappear.

Infact traffic will disappear from roads , The average commuter in the Pakistan spent
about 50 hours stuck in traffic during 2015. In total, that means Pakistanis spent 8 billion hours
in traffic last year.

5: Everybody will have more free time.

Time spent in traffic is wasted time. But Autonomous cars would enable drivers to spend that
time doing something else instead.

6: Parking spaces will also begin to disappear.

The adoption of driverless fleets will mean you never have to search for a parking space again
because you will always get dropped off at your desired location.

And even if you do opt to own your own autonomous vehicle, there will still be no need for you
to park it because it will locate a space and park itself.

This could have a big impact on cities, especially.

CONCLUSION:
Autonomous vehicles technology there is a hope that we can quickly solve many
transportation problems. In 2030 these vehicles will be more reliable and affordable for human
to operate and also providing many benefits for users and society. Most optimistic predictions
are made by people with financial interests in the industry based on experience with
technologies such as personal computer, digital cameras and smart phones, as a result vehicle
innovation take longer and involve more regulation than most other new technologies.
Operating vehicle on public roads is more complex due to frequency of interactions with other
including vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists and animals, if they fellow previous vehicle technology
that will be initially costly and imperfect. During 2020 and 2030s, self-driving taxi and van
services may become in many urban areas and they should be cheaper than human operated
taxis but offer low service quality to minimize cleaning and repair costs, no drivers will be
available to assist passengers and provide security, Because of these limitation autonomous taxi
and micro-transit will only be suitable for a portion of travel mainly in urban areas.