text: A major disadvantage is that there is still a large risk of an accident occuring. For example, if a passenger gets bored and decides to stop paying attention to the road and the car comes upon an obstacle it can not get across, there is a large possibility of a crash. There are an abundance of ways to counter this though, as shown in paragraph 7. The cars could have sensors in them that automatically flip on the brakes when it detects something, or the vehicle could have some kind of alert that notifies when the driver should take over. Automated vehicles can cause conflict between the manufacturer and the consumer as well. Also stated in paragraph 9, issues could arise if the technology failed.