You'll Soon See White on Traffic Lights - But Why?

Get ready to see some white lights joining the red, yellow, and green party on the traffic lights! It would signal to drivers of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The white light should help them manage the upcoming intersection of traffic flow intelligently. The thinking is that both traffic congestion levels and overall fuel consumption could be reduced. The cars and trucks that are driving themselves won't need to 'look' at the white traffic light, because they'll be communicating with it wirelessly. 🚦💡🌈

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[sandrapires]

The white light will be the light coming from heaven to take you from the accident you were in

[devongillison]

When wifi shut down it's gonna be a lotta crashes

[danieljgeisel]

People still don’t know the difference between a yield and a stop sign and we want to add another color to a triffid light. 😂

[kenp]

This is right there with the flying car stuff from the 50's and 60's.

[Frankman]

I love how some people and companies are like “by 2050 there will only be electric self driving cars”. There are people out there that have 100+ year old cars and still drive them, that’s not going to ever change. If anything, with the constant rise in automotive reliability, ownership of ‘classic cars’ may become even more prevalent. As an example, Brian Johnson the singer for AC/DC daily drives a 1929 Bentley he named “Thunder Guts”. Gasoline/Diesel powered non-autonomous vehicles will ALWAYS be around, and I’m really REALLY happy about that.

[GgLe_was_my_idea]

As much as our technology constantly fails, it's scary to think anyone would want a self driving car.

[stephen]

As a colorblind man, green has always been white lol

[RL-yvdw]

I would NEVER buy a self-driven car/vehicle. Technically is never prefected and can easily go wrong. I don't trust it.

[southernmarsh]

He forgot to mention that cars will also be smaller. They removed the extra space once occupied by your soul.

[liliacortes]

Haven't we all been told NOT to go towards the white light...?

[davea]

Historians in 2050 will watch this video and laugh at how much these predictions from 27 years earlier were wrong.

[ginolorenzo]

Im getting old so I dont care what happens
my heart definitely goes out for young people living In this perverted degenerate age

[letsgowhereeaglesdare]

Cool idea, but we have a lot of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded before this becomes a thing. People could barely figure out roundabouts. Can you imagine adding another light? Old timers would flip.

[gigishaw]

White light could be pretty hard to watch. I sometimes can’t ever tell if a worn out green light is on.

[SpacePellets]

Self driving cars would be so great, but I wonder how insurance companies will fare when it's implemented in a mass scale?
Who will they charge? The companies that build them or the people who buy them?
Will there even be any ownership in the future for these cars or just a subscription model?

[confusedwhynot]

Honestly I question the safety and consistency of any technology. Cell phones have been a part of our lives for years, but they don't always work.

[kylebatteson]

It's bad enough dealing with real people, the thought of dealing with AI controlled drivers is like a GTA nightmare. You just need some hackers to "mod" these systems and it will be utter chaos.

[michellegulden]

I can see problems with this. 1. Those moments sun storms disrupt satellites. 2. The system takes too long, or allows one or two sides, and traffic backs up on other sides. 3. It malfunctions and causes an accident.

[ca]

Absolutely frightening. I hope and pray no e of this comes to be.

[semi-sane]

Traffic lights are a nuisance, cause backup of emissions releasing traffic, cause drivers to lose focus, delay progress & some others i'm tired to even attempt to bring to mind 😮