Surprised they picked something that looks fairly white-ish for the back side too.
Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
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Re: Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
#22I think this idea makes some sense, in a mixed-traffic world where some vehicles are autonomous and others are not, some indication that a vehicle is driving autonomously is useful information to everyone around them. Additional situational information, provided it is not overly intrusive or overwhelming is generally beneficial. As for the colour, clearly Mercedes requested Turquoise for brand reasons. I wonder if th…
> some indication that a vehicle is driving autonomously is useful information to everyone around them I'm genuinely curious - what are you thinking when you say this? I don't know what I'd do with that information. It shouldn't make me drive differently - e.g. not be aggressive to see if I can invoke reaction(s) in the autonomous system, and I should already be driving w/ due care.
It shouldn't make you drive differently, but in the real world human drivers do drive in unsafe ways, so a cue might help. Might also be ignored or not understood, of course.
Re: Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
It would certainly change the dynamic of the "chicken" game at 4 way stop sign intersections. I remember previously reading that Tesla tried to add the "roll forward slowly to assert your turn" function but was snubbed by NHTSA. Now one could know they can just cut off the Mercedes and it will stop?
Hypothetically, yes. But Mercedes’ tech only works on certain roads, which may not have stop lights or stop signs.
Great, so now we need to think about how AI is going to act.
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#24Surprised to learn it's not tesla or comma with the first level 3 driving system approved for sale in the US. Would never have guessed Mercedes would beat them to it.
> Surprised to learn it's not tesla
Actually anyone even slightly interested in automotive industry isn't surprised by this. Tesla's tech is all smoke and mirrors for years now
Re: Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
#25What's turquoise? I know about 8 colour names and that ain't one of them.
Re: Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
#26I hope it doesn't engage at night, as we don't have turquoise LEDs so the blue ones will ruin night vision.
White headlights and street lights will ruin your night vision before these lights.
Re: Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
#27What's turquoise? I know about 8 colour names and that ain't one of them.
Bright light blue / cyan with a touch of green.
Re: Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
#28What's turquoise? I know about 8 colour names and that ain't one of them.
It is an extended color [0] :)
Re: Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
#29An autonomous driving system is either good enough to drive on our roads without supervision — or it's not. If it is good enough, it shouldn't matter whether others know if the driver isn't human. Any unsupervised driving system is likely to be around two orders of magnitude safer than a human driver.[0] So effectively they're special lights to tell others that a car is extremely safe. This will backfire horribly. Wh…
It’s literally there so cops etc don’t pull you over for watching a movie while driving.
Re: Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
#30I hope it doesn't engage at night, as we don't have turquoise LEDs so the blue ones will ruin night vision.
You can get LEDs in many wavelengths. Around 500nm is "cyan", 505nm is described as "Verde" or "mint green", 510nm is called "blue green" by LED manufacturers. And those are just single-wavelength examples. You could add a yellow led, say, to move the colour off the locus of pure-wavelength colours.
I'd be pretty surprised if those lights aren't already LEDs.