Google's driverless car

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Sebastian Thrun: Google's driverless car
Summary
The speaker lost his friend to a car accident, thus he decided he'd dedicate his life to saving people from a car accident.
Nowadays, many people are dying in it. Especially for young people, driving accidents are the number one cause of death and almost all of those are due to human error and not machine error. 
He works to build driving cars that can drive anywhere by themselves.
By using this self driving car, not only accidents will go away but also all traffic jams on highways, wasting your time on your daily commute, and gasoline you use will decrease.
He expects to be able to save many people's lives.
◆Viewpoints&Discussion
1. Do you like cars? What kind of cars do you like?
Yes, I like cars which are equipped with manual gears, is not automatic. It's because driving it was fun, I had it in the past.
2. Are you using a car right now? If not, What do you use for commuting?
No, I'm not using a car right now. I use my bicycle for commuting, or I sometimes walk to my office. It's because it takes about 5 minutes on foot.
3. What do you think about the idea of self driving cars?
I think that it's a great idea.
4. Do you believe in the safety of this self driving car? Please support answer.
Yes, I do. However, all people might not use this car, because some of them like driving and don't think they caused an accident. I think that all people use this self driving car leads to bringing the safe.