ABSTRACT ON DRIVERLESS CARS –

TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

PRESENTED BY
YAMUNA DEVI.R
DHARANI.R
SRI MANAKULA VINAYAGAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

INTRODUCTION
Driverless technology is amazing. AV (Autonomous vehicle) technologies
can decrease the transportation cost and increase accessibility to low-
income households and persons with mobility issues. This emerging
technology also has far-reaching applications and implications beyond
all current expectations. Still, there are a few major technology issues
that need to be addressed before driverless cars hit our markets and
roads.

SAFETY
CREEPY TROLLEY PROBLEM
In a simple formulation of the Trolley Problem, we imagine a trolley
hurtling toward a cluster of five people who are standing on the track
and facing certain death. By throwing a switch, an observer can divert
the trolley to a different track where one person is standing, currently
out of harm’s way but certain to die because of the observer’s actions.
Self-driving cars at some point will have to wrestle with situations akin to
this. They’ll have to swerve to avoid pedestrians or cyclists – but what if
that imperils others? Such as the occupant/owner of the self-driving
vehicle? Would you program a car to drive off the side of a mountain road,
sacrificing the occupant, if a school bus was careening down the mountain
in the wrong lane? Therefore, Computer programmers have to decide how
to program the vehicle and how to write an algorithm for all these different
kinds of situations.
Driving in congested areas also remains a big challenge regarding safety
for self-driving cars, along with driving in inclement weather, driving in
congested areas at high speed, making a left turn in congested traffic and
understanding human gestures.

COMMUNICATION
Computers will not be able to transmit information in areas of poor
reception.If competing driverless entities cannot work together, one
brand's SUV will not be able to warn another's about the traffic ahead.
There is also a question in how much information will vehicles share with
each other without sacrificing the privacy of passengers. This leads into
another driverless car problem.

SECURITY
The threat of automotive cyberattacks will only loom larger as society
transitions to autonomous vehicles. But even
before autonomous vehicles become widespread, car hacking is already a
very real danger. Whether it is privacy or control of the vehicle that is at
risk, the possibility of the vehicle being hacked is frightening. Companies
will need to be deliberate in combating an opportunity for car-jackers to
work wirelessly.

CONCLUSION

Thus, this paper mainly addresses the important challenges and

technological issues faced by the driverless vehicles and also provides
with certain ideas and thoughts to overcome these issues.