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 disadvantages of having AVs.

Firstly, in comparison with Singapore, the United States have better technology and innovation for AVs. The United States has the highest AV technology firm headquarters and the best capacity for innovation. With its advanced technology and innovation, the United States is able to produce driverless vehicles to promote its competency on the roads. For example, Tesla is one of the United States car manufacturers that support advanced autopilot function which has safety measures added to the vehicles. 

Secondly, Singapore is one of the countries that lead in the infrastructure of AVs. However, the Netherlands is way ahead of Singapore in terms of its infrastructure. Netherlands has a huge amount of AV companies and has the most electric vehicle charging points throughout the country.  According to KPMG executive (2018), "The intensively-used Dutch roads are very well developed and maintained, and other indicators like telecoms infrastructure are also very strong". Moreover, the Netherlands also consists of the highest usage of electric vehicles. All of this is possible as the Netherlands Government provides plenty of funds for the development of AVs. 

Lastly, despite the advancement in the development of AVs, the disadvantages of AVs are critical. First of all, when drivers become much more accustomed to not driving, their skill and experience to drive will slowly vanish. Complications will arise as if any case that there is a need for the driver to drive, it will be an issue. Furthermore, the system that is running in the AVs are all by itself, without any support. If there is any computer malfunction, this will cause a major issue as safety measures will not play a part and lives will be at risk. Also, having AVs will be prone to Hackers. They could be hacking into the vehicle's software and controlling or affecting its operation which would be a major concern. Not to mention that hackers can use AVs to their advantage to obtain classified information about the owner. Also, in harsh weather conditions, AVs might not be able to operate as well due to its non-operative sensors to such conditions.

In conclusion, although Singapore managed to maintain its standard for AVs, it is still inadequate as they have yet to reach the peak for the key influencing factors to boost its status for AVs. Besides, the writer needs to discuss the disadvantages of AVs as it contradicts the safety factor of implementing AVs in Singapore. Thus, the disadvantages of AVs should be provided.

References

Shankland, S. (2019). Take a close-up look at Tesla's self-driving car computer and its two AI brains. [online] CNET. Available at: https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-tesla-self-driving-car-computer-and-its-two-ai-brains/ [Accessed 7 Oct. 2019].

Dahad, N. (2019). The Netherlands Tops List for Autonomous Vehicle Readiness. [online] Available at: https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1332885 [Accessed 7 Oct. 2019].

Halffastchicago.com. (2019). Advantages And Disadvantages Of Autonomous Car. [online] Available at: http://www.halffastchicago.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-autonomous-car/ [Accessed 7 Oct. 2019].

Consultancy.eu. (2019). Why The Netherlands is the globe's top location for self-driving cars. [online] Available at: https://www.consultancy.eu/news/1098/why-the-netherlands-is-the-globes-top-location-for-self-driving-cars. [Accessed 7 Oct. 2019].

KPMG. (2019). 2019 Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index. [online] Available at: https://home.kpmg/sg/en/home/insights/2019/02/2019-autonomous-vehicles-readiness-index.html [Accessed 7 Oct. 2019].

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Submission #1: Formal Letter

Subject: Self-introduction Dear Mdm Falizah I am Muhammad Nazirul Matin Bin Ya’akob and I am currently studying in my first year of Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services) in Singapore Institute of Technology. I graduated with a Diploma in Green Building and Sustainability at Temasek Polytechnic. My interest in engineering has arisen ever since I took Building Information Modelling module in my second year of polytechnic. I was always curious on how buildings were made and how the structure could hold up such heavy weight. Having to come up with design ideas on the building exterior for my project made a huge impact on my passion for engineering. One of the strengths in communication that I had developed through my National Service journey is being a team player. Having myself to communicate effectively and with clarity ensures my team to understand well and having the assurance that they are well prepared on the assigned task. Moreover, interacti
Read more

Summary Draft 1 (Autonomous Vehicles)

In the article “Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicle race”, states that Autonomous Vehicles (AV) have been developing around the world and Singapore have made an advancement towards AVs in the recent years to be on par with other countries. Countries such as Germany, are experimenting AVs on actual road conditions with minimum risk on safety whilst Korea are developing AVs to where cars can navigate by itself. Both countries including Singapore perception towards AVs is to provide a safer and effective mobility user environment to the community. For example, Singapore is trying to deploy functional AVs to promote safety such as the commencing of driverless bus in National University of Singapore. However, Singapore development on AVs has yet to reach the standards of other countries as the foreign countries has produced way more advance AVs as compared to Singapore.
Read more

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
Read more