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

AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m sorry, but I can’t actually imagine that happening where I live.
  Do people who cut others off care who’s driving?

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  • ridethisbike@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He’s referring to a group of people they intentionally cut others off and slam on the brakes to induce an accident that they can sue over. And it happens a lot. Dash cams are saviors.

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  • KrankyKong@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I sure don’t

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  • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sure some people take age, gender, and/or race into consideration when deciding who they can cut off

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    • witheyeandclaw@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You might be giving them too much credit for thinking about what they’re doing.

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      • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or you might be underestimating the lengths racists would go to just to inconvenience someone who looks like a foreigner

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• KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  • Scofflaw - Why does the person in the self-driving car care? They’re just chilling. Zooming ahead of other cars doesn’t get you more than a few minutes ahead. If that’s really important to you, you should have left your house a few minutes earlier.

  • Scammer - These cars are covered in cameras and radars. These are the opposite of the cars you want to jump in front of (except Tesla, which sucks). They’ll probably just film you launching yourself from the curb and stop before they hit you. I guess you can get on America’s Funniest Home Videos?

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