Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving
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Most street legal vehicles utilize a combination of three colored lights: white for headlights and reverse lights, red for tail and brake lights, and orange for blinkers....

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  • XenGi@lemmy.chaos.berlinEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Even if this would be a good idea, you can’t just put some non regulated lights on a car. This would need a law change in Germany to be approved and would probably take years of burocrazy until she get beards figured out the exact hue these lights need to emit. But I guess Mercedes already wrote that law for our government to copy. How convenient.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      71·
      2 years ago

      But I guess Mercedes already wrote that law for our government to copy. How convenient.

      How dare a company try to work with governments to create a new safety feature!

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      No law change needed, the StZVO is a mere decree. Also EU law takes precedence Mercedes probably isn’t even going to bother getting it through German bureaucracy but will go straight to Brussels.

    • thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Either way, it’s a useful starting point for the conversation to be had I guess.

      Better for some proactivity then nobody ever progressing anything, right?