Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers

If we need warning lights for self driving cars, the technology is not ready.

I for one would like to know when another car isn't being driven by a human.

Just seeing a turn signal on a Mercedes or BMW is enough for me to assume the driver isn't the one in control.

Even if this would be a good idea, you can't just put some non regulated lights on a car. This would need a law change in Germany to be approved and would probably take years of burocrazy until she get beards figured out the exact hue these lights need to emit. But I guess Mercedes already wrote that law for our government to copy. How convenient.

Good idea I think, but these could be mistaken for reversing lights

Seems like a bad idea - you know someone is going to figure out how to take advantage of that.

• Scofflaw - ai has no pride or ego so I can cut them off at will and they will always back down
• scammer - manufacturer has deep pockets - where’s my neck brace?

Do the same thing, but hook it up to a camera that detects if your eyes are on the road lol.

I was just thinking, gosh, it's been awhile since a new car signal dropped. This is a super interesting idea - not sure if it's a GOOD idea but seems worth exploring

Brb, wiring up a set of these so I can blame the car for missing a speed sign

Watch this turn into a status thing that starts trending.

Wow I’ve been thinking about that for a while now. We should be able to tell when someone is driving or an Ai is.

I think it would be also cool to have an indicator if the car in front of you has cruise control on

This could be useful as a communication medium where the car transmits data through the light to the neighbours.

And I live in California. Of course we're going to help rich people avoid all consequences of their actions. Because paying attention to where your 1 ton metal missile is going is too much to ask. But only if you can afford the turquoise lights.

Blue bubbles?

why would i need to know another car is self driving though?

I have a prototype self driving system in my car. It drives logically and consistently, but it doesn't behave like a human.

This would be a really helpful feature as self driving becomes more common.

The point of the lights obviously being to push the responsibility onto the drivers around the self-driven car, rather than the manufacturer who actually made the faulty autopilot.