Driving a car safely requires the driver's full attention to minimize the risk of accidents. With the fast pace and busy life of people today, sometimes risky choices are made, such as texting or making calls while driving, even if it is unsafe and against the law. Calling a taxi to take you to your destination is a safer alternative, but could be expensive over time. Imagine being able to drive safely and economically to your desired destination while eating breakfast, reviewing business documents and/or making phone calls along the way. This vision is possible with self-driving cars, but what considerations must be taken into account to make it a reality? Introduction/Background Companies such as Google, Tesla and Nissan, among others, have announced in recent years that their companies are looking to develop self-driving or autonomous cars [Ref. 1 and 2]. Self-driving cars can offer many benefits to the average consumer. Studies have shown that because computers can react and process information much faster than a human, accidents on the roads can be reduced with quick and consistent evasive maneuvers by the autonomous car. They can also help maximize fuel economy by calculating the most direct and fastest routes. When driving an autonomous car proves that the computer can transport passengers to their destination safely and reliably, passengers are free to do other things they wouldn't normally be able to do if they were driving the car manually. For this reason, self-driving cars can help maximize passenger productivity. How Self-Driving Cars Work A self-driving car would essentially be a computer on 4 wheels that receives input from the...... medium of paper. .....and to be updated to consider who stopped first and has enough time to try to cross the intersection. In case all 4 cars at the intersection were self-driving cars, then it might be easier to handle this situation because the cars might have the ability to communicate with each other and make decisions faster. Finally, if an accident involving a self-driving car were to occur, the question of “who is responsible” arises. This is a difficult issue that must be addressed with laws governing liability in these situations. Summary/Conclusion Although there are problems with the implementation of self-driving cars on the roads today, self-driving cars can ultimately benefit society. According to public announcements made by companies like Tesla and Nissan, we could start seeing self-driving cars on the roads within the next 3-6 years [Ref. 1 e 2].