Comment on Turquoise taillights tell you this Mercedes is driving autonomously

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why does knowing that it’s driving autonomously help the driver behind them?

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If they are going slower than you’d like. Not taking the merge space your giving them. Slowing down for a reason you can’t see. Just sort of generally knowing that the car ahead of you might not drive like a real person.

    That’s just off the top of my head. I’m sure there are dozens of good reasons if I put some thought into it.

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    • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m confused. Have you seriously never encountered a human driver who goes slower than you’d like or doesn’t merge int a space you gave them? Sometimes they don’t even know the blinkers are on, or indicate left them turn right.

      For me, especially as a motorbike rider, the Turquoise indicator would give me confidence that the car isn’t going to do something monumentally stupid and get me killed.

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      • stevehobbes@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Found the person who doesn’t own a Tesla.

        My Tesla did monumentally stupid things on the regular on autopilot. Like phantom braking. It would slam on the brakes while doing 65 on the highway because of shadows. You’d be flying over my hood in your bike.

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      • Steve@communick.news ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For me, especially as a motorbike rider, the Turquoise indicator would give me confidence that the car isn’t going to do something monumentally stupid and get me killed.

        That’s another good reason. It’s basically about managing expectations for the vehicle. Good or bad doesn’t much matter.

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    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      After driving for 35 years, I still don’t have a baseline for “driving like a real person”.

      I have no sense of what to expect, and never have. I wish it made me a better driver, but honestly it’s just from Shite Driver PTSD. They’re everywhere, waiting to surprise us. Trust no one.

      I look forward to when self-drivers are the majority and THEN I can start to form new expectations;-)

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It gives you something to text about.

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