Dhairya Vayada
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Coincidentally, having experienced the Australian Outback, I know exactly what you are talking about. But unlike India, a majority of the Australian roads are mapped (by GPS), and the only thing future car companies need to do is to map the speeds with which the cars travel on various roads and use this as a standard for self-driving cars.

I received a mandatory first-aid training in an Australian school. I know how to perform CPR on a person. I know what precautions to take when someone gets involved in a car accident. Heck, I even know what to do in case of a snake-bite. I think these are essential skills that every person, regardless of where they are living should know. However, in a country like India, where most of my friends don’t bother wearing helmets, citing that it “ruins their hair”, the ability to react appropriately in an emergency situation is a Utopian reality.

As a consequence, I believe that 90% autonomy going to make our world a safer place — it will reduce accidents in the long run. Lastly, if car companies were to take the initiative to inform the owners on how to respond to an emergency, I think the the roads would be a much safer place, in every country.

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