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Written by Ollie Kew
Teaching a fully self-driving car to negotiate its way around a city, in all weathers, at any time of day, is an incredibly difficult task. But that"s by no means the end of the variables. What happens when the auto-automobile of the future has to interact with the fleshy human species it"s sharing the city with? Mercedes thinks the idea might be flashing lights. Makes sense, on face value. We already depend on flashing lights to interpret when a car nearby is intending to make a turn. Or to give way. Or to bully its way past in a badly timed overtake. (Only one of these scenarios applies to Audi drivers.) Enter the Mercedes S-Class co-operative concept". While a fully-self-driving Mercedes is by no means a reality yet, Mercedes says "people need to be able to quickly and reliably gauge what an autonomous vehicle is going to do next. The vehicle must therefore provide information about its intentions in a way that people can grasp immediately and intuitively". And that"s why this S-Class is fitted with a family of friendly flashing lights.
Date written: 27 Nov 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14157
Teaching a fully self-driving car to negotiate its way around a city, in all weathers, at any time of day, is an incredibly difficult task. But that"s by no means the end of the variables. What happens when the auto-automobile of the future has to interact with the fleshy human species it"s sharing the city with? Mercedes thinks the idea might be flashing lights. Makes sense, on face value. We already depend on flashing lights to interpret when a car nearby is intending to make a turn. Or to give way. Or to bully its way past in a badly timed overtake. (Only one of these scenarios applies to Audi drivers.) Enter the Mercedes S-Class co-operative concept". While a fully-self-driving Mercedes is by no means a reality yet, Mercedes says "people need to be able to quickly and reliably gauge what an autonomous vehicle is going to do next. The vehicle must therefore provide information about its intentions in a way that people can grasp immediately and intuitively". And that"s why this S-Class is fitted with a family of friendly flashing lights.
Date written: 27 Nov 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14157
