De Anza College students have mixed feelings about self-driving cars, according to an informal survey. About 50 percent of students questioned were skeptical about letting a car drive them. “There needs to be more research and technological development,” said Dereck Lie, business major. He is open minded about the idea and think it is promising, but “they need to work on the flaws,” he said. Tatiana Meras, 25, nursing major, said she would not be willing to drive a self-driving car because she doesn’t trust it with her kids’ safety. Meras’s concerns are not unexpected with the recent Tesla crash. A driver using Tesla’s Autopilot feature was in a fatal crash in California when he collided with a highway barricade, according to an article from CNN. Considering the mishaps with the self-driven Tesla cars in recent years, Sam Lie 23, a computer science major, said he would feel comfortable in a car where he is in control because to him the technology of automated cars is still developing and still in an infantile stage. “There is a need for research and development on its safety features,” he said. Chris Habash 22, a computer science major, said he only trusts in driving himself. “Self-driven as in, I prefer driving the car myself,” Habash said about his opinion on self-driving cars. He also says this fancy technology is for the privileged and is unaffordable to regular people at this point of time. Jennifer Vuong, a business major said she likes being in control on the road and is not ready to switch to this new technology yet. Although she wouldn’t mind test driving it to get a feel of cruising. But some De Anza students also said they are looking forward to this new technology. A car enthusiast Carlos Najera, 20, mechanical engineering major said, “this new technology is great. I would definitely drive a Tesla; accidents happen in regular cars too.” He was talking about how over 90 percent of accidents are caused by human error, while automated cars have led to fewer crashes. Technology shouldn’t matter as accidents occur due to human error too, he said. On the other hand, Mariam Farahnekian, 30, art major, said this kind of technology is good and encouraging to disabled people like herself because “it would give her independence” to commute and she wouldn’t have to depend always on her parents. Comparing AI technology to cell phones, she said the future will slowly adapt to this new technology of driver-less cars. Arsh Tamber, 18, bio-chemistry major, who loves technology is excited about this developing technology and said he would like to own a Tesla since now the new model is more affordable. Talking about the jobs that would be lost due to this technology, he said jobs will be lost, but new ones can be created elsewhere. Mariam Farahnekian, 30, art major, said this kind of technology is good and encouraging to disabled people like herself because “it would give me independence” to commute and she wouldn’t have to depend always on her parents.
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