Who's Driving?

2.What evidence does the author of the passage use to support the claim that self-driving cars make every day driving situations more dangerous? Choose two supporting details:

• Driverless cars have the help of modern technology.

• In California, in early 2017, multiple driverless cars were caught on video driving through red lights.

• Another incident occurred in March 2018, when a driverless car killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona.

• In 2009, Google began testing self-driving cars.

• It wasn't until the 1980s that technology started to catch up with the idea of the driverless car.

3.Select two claims that are supported by details in the passage:

• Driverless cars are the best way to get around.

• The driverless car is not a new idea.

• Human drivers are more dangerous than driverless cars.

• Driverless cars may make humans into worse drivers.

• Driverless car

1.What is the meaning of the word navigate as it is used in paragraph I?

• To be dangerous

• To be trained

• To plan and direct the route of something

4.Part A: Which sentence belongs in a summary of the passage?

• Driverless cars haven't been around long enough to be considered safe.

• Driverless cars should be the only kind of car allowed on the road.

• Driverless cars can be dangerous on the road.

• Driverless cars were being talked about in the 1920's.

5.Part B: Which two details from the passage best support the answer to Part A?

• In the 1960's, both the United States and the United Kingdom started experimenting with the idea of having roads drive cars.

• Current laws only support testing driverless cars on roads.

• If these drivers have to take over in an emergency, the consequences could be deadly.

• Furthermore, driverless cars might encourage impaired or distracted drivers - drivers who should not be on the road - to get behind the wheel.

• As a result, there would be more pollution and more traffic.

6.In the passage, what structure does the author use to organize the information in page 14?

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

• Chronological Order

• Compare and Contrast

7.How does the author support the claim that driverless cars are not a new idea?

• By providing the history of driverless cars, dating back to the 1920s.

• By giving examples of why driverless cars are not safe.

• By displaying a timeline of events leading up to the discovery of driverless cars.

• By explaining the popularity of the driverless car.

8. 8.Part B: What two pieces of evidence from the passage best support the answer to Part A?

• In the 1960s, both the United States and the United Kingdom started experimenting with the idea of having roads drive cars.

• Companies like Google want to transform how we deice, but how safe are driverless cars?

• Imagine a five-year-old being able to take a car, unsupervised, to the grocery store.

• In 2009, Google began testing self-driving cars.

• Driverless cars also have the potential to make humans into worse drivers.