With the increasing advancement to self-driving cars it becomes more important to set down the rules and have a clear understanding of the importance of the ethics of vehicles. The information obtain mainly comes from the Automated Vehicles – Law Commission.

Without proper regulations we risk endangering human life and creating chaos on our roads . A key issue that we face is the choice of bad scenario and if it is unavoidable who will take the blame. This is where we need to have accountability and the company may need to be accountable for any accidents involved with the car. This is confirmed in the law commission which holds the manufacturer accountable for any damages or death caused by the car. Self driving cars must strike a balance between comfort and efficiency high speeds will mostly likely cause a negative and uneasy effect to the people driving.

Autonomous cars should give humans the option between manual and autonomy which ensures freedom of choice. Its also essential to clarify between driver aid and self driving to ensure that in the case of an accident the right people are hold accountable. As such a clear distinction need to be made of what it can each mode can do. Autonomous vehicles must be programmed to not discriminate based of ethnicity , age or disability . If any bias occurs it will reflect poorly on engineers as it goes against our values .

Safety is a key variable that need to be involved as if we let any vehicle out it need to go through very rigorous safety standards to be deemed as safe. Therefore we must make it compulsory to meet a standard of safety before the vehicle is allowed to be sold. These test must be held to a high standard for the peoples’ safety therefore needs to be strict.

Human safety must be at the forefront of self driving cars design , this means the cars should always monitor the speed by constantly updating the speed limit in the area by use of efficient GPS systems and cameras that look out for speed limit signs. This will help to prevent dangerous driving and keep pedestrians safe. We must also understand that people might have different opinions regarding autonomous vehicles when it comes to safety. These vehicles will be packed with state of the art technology people might start ignoring traffic safety as they assume that the sensors onboard will be able to detect them and therefore stop the vehicle. Tighter rules like stopping people from Jaywalking, constantly updating sensors for more effective long range to see people coming. Also adding zebra crossing and programming the car to be able to stop at moments notice.

Finally, when building these cars we must respect the vehicles themselves and make sure that they are properly maintained , inspected and cared for as we do not want to cause issues where these cars are in a state where it becomes unsafe for humans. This will also respect drivers who want to drive and can take control when they want to by flick of a switch.