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Critical Reflection

Module Learning The goals that I have set myself at the start of the course is to overcome my lacking self-confidence which makes me have the fear on giving out answers of my opinions to group work such as in class activities. Also, my other goal was to improve my communication skills to help me in the workforce in the near future. For my self-confidence, I managed to improve it to a certain extent. At times, even though I am unsure on whether my answer is wrong or correct, I volunteer myself to give out my opinion to my group members for in class activity and project to boost up my self-confidence. However, there are still times where I find it difficult to voice out my answers as I still got that fear inside me where I feel that my answers are incorrect. For communication skills, I feel that I have improve a lot on it as previously, my English vocabulary was not as good which makes it difficult for me to speak in proper sentences. With the assignments and tasks that were done for ...

Annotated Summary

According to the article titled “Ministerial Statement by Senior Minister of State for Transport Dr Lam Pin Min on Personal Mobility Devices”, states the risks and benefits of having a Personal Mobility Devices (PMD). With the increasing amount of PMD users, there have been many accidents that had occurred over these past few years. The causes of these accidents are mostly by irresponsible PMD users who speed with their PMD and breaking the law. Some cases were PMD catching up on fire which causes residents to be concerned about their neighbours who own PMDs. To counter this, LTA concluded that it is required to have a UL2272 certified PMD for PMD users. To reduce the number of accidents, some key areas have been implemented. Such as town councils have banned using PMD under the block and along corridors. By enforcing the law on the usage of PMDs, there will be a reduction in the offence committed as penalties are given to those that break the law. However, PMD also benefitted so...

Summary Reader Response Draft 3

In the article “Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicle race”, Noble (2019) states that Singapore has made an advancement towards Autonomous Vehicles (AV) to promote safety in recent years to be on par with other countries. With the launch of AVs, TR68 was implemented to promote safety. By implementing driverless vehicles, it is beneficial for providing aid to the disabled and mobility towards the elderly. Most accidents occur due to human error. Thus, AVs also helps to provide the safety of the community and the environment. According to Noble (2019), "TR68 was develop to cover four key areas of AV deployment including vehicle behaviour, vehicle functional safety, cybersecurity, and data formats". Likewise, TR68 will help to allure foreign autonomous companies. However, Singapore's development on AVs has yet to reach the optimum standard as compared to other countries. Moreover, the writer focuses mainly on the advantages of AVs and disregard the disadvantages...

Summary Reader Response Draft 2

In the article “Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicle race”, Noble (2019) states that Singapore has made an advancement towards Autonomous Vehicles (AV) to promote safety in recent years to be on par with other countries. With the launch of AVs, TR68 was implemented to promote safety. By implementing driverless vehicles, it is beneficial for providing aid to the disabled and mobility towards the elderly. Most accidents occur due to human error. Thus, AVs also helps to provide the safety of the community and the environment. According to Noble (2019), "TR68 was develop to cover four key areas of AV deployment including vehicle behaviour, vehicle functional safety, cybersecurity, and data formats". Likewise, TR68 will help to allure foreign autonomous companies. However, Singapore's development on AVs has yet to reach the optimum standard as compared to other countries. Moreover, the writer focuses mainly on the advantages of AVs and fails to mention the disad...

Summary Reader Response Draft 1

In the article “Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicle race”, Noble (2019) states that Singapore has made an advancement towards Autonomous Vehicles (AV) to promote safety in recent years to be on par with other countries. With the launch of AVs, TR68 was implemented to promote safety. By implementing driverless vehicles, it is beneficial for providing aid to the disabled and mobility towards the elderly. Most accidents occur due to human error. Thus, AVs also helps to provide the safety of the community and the environment. According to Noble (2019), "TR68 was develop to cover four key areas of AV deployment including vehicle behaviour, vehicle functional safety, cybersecurity, and data formats". Likewise, TR68 will help to allure foreign autonomous companies. However, Singapore's development on AVs has yet to reach the optimum standard as compared to other countries. Moreover, the writer fails to mention the disadvantages of having AVs. Firstly, in comp...

Summary Reader Response Outline

Style 1: Traditional Linear Outline Summarized Article’s Main Idea + Thesis Statement Singapore has made an advancement towards Autonomous Vehicles (AV) to promote safety in recent years to be on par with other countries.  a.        With the launch of AVs, TR68 was implemented to promote safety. b.       Most accidents occur due to human error. Thus, AVs also helps to provide the safety of the community and the environment. c.        TR68 was developed to cover four key areas of AV deployment including vehicle behaviour, vehicle functional safety, cybersecurity, and data formats. + Your Main Idea/Thesis Statement Singapore's development on AVs has yet to reach the optimum standard as compared to other countries. Moreover, the writer fails to mention the disadvantages of having AVs. IV. First Supporting Idea In comparison with Singapore, the United States has better tech...

Summary Draft 2 (Autonomous Vehicles)

In the article “Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicle race”, Noble (2019) states that Singapore has made an advancement towards Autonomous Vehicles (AV)  to promote safety in  recent years to be on par with other countries. With the launch of AVs, TR68 was implemented to promote safety.  By implementing driverless vehicles, it is beneficial for providing aid to the disabled and mobility towards the elderly. Most accidents occur due to human error. Thus, AVs also helps to provide the safety of the community and the environment. According to Noble (2019), "TR68 was develop to cover four key areas of AV deployment including vehicle behaviour, vehicle functional safety, cybersecurity, and data formats". Likewise, TR68 will help to allure foreign autonomous companies. However, Singapore's development on AVs has yet to reach the optimum standard as compared to other countries. Moreover, the writer fails to mention the disadvantages of having AVs.