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Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers (www.techspot.com)
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Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers::undefined

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[–] lud@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Humans are already experts at causing shockwave traffic jams, so I wouldn't count on them to reduce them.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can only imagine assholes messing with the car MORE because the lights are on.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Apparently the car can only drive slowly automatically when you are stuck in traffic. So it shouldn't be a huge problem