Self-Driving Cars

Self-Driving Cars book cover — MODERN ENGINEERING MARVELS SELF DRIVING CARS Christine Zuchora Walske Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com

Self-Driving Cars — page 1 — 1 self-driving cars of the future It’s 7:30 am A small round car rolls to a stop in front of your home You and your big sister hop into the car You wave to your dad He’s standing in the doorway waving back The car has no driver But it knows where to go You are in a self-driving car Your parents pay for this service A car picks you up every weekday morning It takes you to middle school Then it takes your sister to high school After school it picks you both up and brings you home The car is clean quiet and comfortable There are no controls except an emergency button You can push it in case something goes terribly wrong This will stop the car and call for help But you have never needed to push the button You pass a tree-lined playground Your dad says it used to be a parking lot Now that most people use self-driving car services there are fewer cars and fewer parking lots There is also less pollution Your dad likes that 4

Self-Driving Cars — page 2 — The whole interior of a car could change with self-driving cars With seats facing each other families could talk and interact much more easily When your dad was a kid people drove their own cars most of the time He says it feels strange to ride in cars with no drivers But you’ve been riding in self-driving cars all your life It’s normal for you 5

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