design phase and have a better understanding of where the rails will be placed and how much it will cost. Sound Transit has abused the planning process to promote this Light Rail system. They biased key studies by masking key information issued to the public and promoting a robust rail alternative against a deliberately hobbling transit bus system. Harkness indicates if Sound Transit utilized the Light Rail funds to improve arterials‚ HOV programs (car and van pool) and bus enhancements‚ then our
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Self driving cars seem like a thing from the future. Apparently not‚ because they have been made. The question is whether they’re a good idea or not. I don’t think self-driving cars are a good idea. These cars must meet the definition of safe‚ whatever that may mean. Thinking about it‚ I don’t really see how these cars are really making a difference in this world. They don’t really seem to be revolutionary or anything. They will also end up hurting people and their jobs‚ helping to increase the unemployment
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What has Google Done Now? The invention of the automobile by Karl Benz in 1885 (Bellis) was an enormous step for man kind and technology. In the United States alone‚ as of 2008‚ the national average of vehicles per household is 2.28 ("Auto Spies"). Google‚ however‚ currently attempts to revolutionize the car by making it driverless. These driverless cars generate both positive and negative outcomes on society. The Google car creates equal opportunities for those who cannot drive. Sergey
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The fallacy that I have chosen is Scare Tactic Define: Using fear or a threat against another person in the attempts to get them to conform to your way of thinking or desired action. Design: Scenario 1: As a car salesman I would invoke a sense of fear or urgency in the couple by stating that this car has just come in on the lot and will not last the day. I would tell them that this specific used car and the way and which it was cared for is rare. I would go on to say that this car was just posted
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Driverless air taxis will replace the self-driving cars on the future Technology is growing fast now-a-days. The very best example of this is‚ the initiative taken to develop the self-driving air taxis. This initiative was taken by Airbus. It aims to replace the self-driving cars with the driverless air taxis in the future. These cars are aimed to fly in the air in order to avoid the traffic. The top automobile manufacturing companies like‚ Google‚ Apple‚ Uber and Tesla‚ started manufacturing the
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I believe that a driverless car would be an invention that would improve the quality of life for all humanity. There are many cars on the road today‚ and of course‚ many accidents. A driverless car might save the lives of many drivers and passengers within the world. The main reason I believe that a car without an actual human driver is better for humanity is because of intoxicated people and distractions. People who have drugs in their system do not think clearly‚ so they are more likely to cause
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Solve for X (Self-Driving Car Project‚ n.d.) reports that a self-driving car is just that‚ a vehicle that drives itself without the interaction of a human needed. Sensors make the cars constantly aware of what is around them in all directions and allow them to drive safely in “many complicated scenarios on city streets” (Solve for X‚ Self-Driving Car Project‚ n.d.) Of course‚ there are chances for mechanical or electronic failures and Davies (2016) reports that‚ at current‚ the cars can make bad
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Many popular name brand car companies expect driverless cars to be on the market by 2020‚ and for all cars to be driverless by 2025. The idea of a car that can drive‚ navigate‚ and park itself was an idea only to be heard of in the movies‚ but now it is in it’s final stages of testing. The self driving car is currently in production of prototypes to be demonstrated to the public by popular name brand companies like: Tesla‚ Mercedes Benz‚ BMW‚ and more. With the introduction of a driverless car‚ the
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Newton’s First Law of Motion explains that objects in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in rest unless an external force is applied to it. Galileo’s concept of inertia is termed “Law of Inertia”. Law of Inertia‚ an object in motion will continue in the same motion unless acted by an outside force. Aircraft in flight is an example of First Law of Motion‚ four forces on an aircraft; lift‚ weight‚ thrust‚ and a drag. Consider the motion of an aircraft at constant altitude‚ we can neglect the
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New technology today has provided us with some crazy cool things. We have iPhones‚ hoverboards‚ self-opening doors and now self driving cars. Driverless cars should be on roads because they prevent car accidents‚ are self-evident and efficient. “Google has a fleet of driverless cars since 2009‚ and they’ve been driven over a half of a million miles without a crash” according to Jamie Page Deaton and Kristen Hall-Geisler in the article ‘Cars of tomorrow-still not fling.’ Humans get into an accident
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