MONDAY 6 TH JULY DRIVERLESS CARS READING COMPREHENSION

MONDAY 6 TH JULY DRIVERLESS CARS – READING COMPREHENSION

1. Would you like to ride in a driverless car? Explain why or why not. 2. Are you surprised that most cars today have some driverless technology? What driverless technology have you seen or used? 3. What is the name of Google’s driverless system? Why is it a good name? 4. When may you be able to buy a driverless car? 5. What three systems work together to make a driverless car ‘see’ the road? What does the CAN bus do? 6. Name two ways that driverless cars can be safer than vehicles with a driver. 7. Why are hackers a problem for driverless cars? 8. Pros and cons are the good things and bad things about an idea. Give one pro and one con about driverless cars. 9. New technology makes new jobs and takes away old jobs. What old jobs may driverless technology take away? What new jobs may be created by automated vehicles?

1. Answers will vary 2. Answers will vary 3. Chauffer – It is good because a chauffer is somebody who drives you to places. 4. 2025 5. Radar, cameras, lasers. A CAN bus uses information to steer the car and to tell it to go or stop. 6. Driverless cars do not get sleepy or text on their phones while driving, driverless cars can see the road better. 7. Hackers could take over an AV 8. Answers will vary 9. Taxi drivers, bus drivers, truck drivers may be replaced. There may be more jobs for computer programmers and those working with the new technology.

Extension task: Write a short persuasive paragraph either in support of driverless cars or against them.