While the nod of a driver instantly lets you know that you can cross the road, there is no self-evident equivalent in the language of automated vehicles. The automaker Ford has created a buzz in recent days by sending out a driverless car into the streets of Washington D.C. Was it a slip up? This is what observers thought before realizing that the experiment, led by Virginia Tech University, had the hallmarks of a well-planned operation. A “ghost” driver was seated at the wheel of the car, but he was made invisible to pedestrians by being cleverly disguised… as a car seat. Was it a bad joke? On the contrary, it was a vision of the (near or far?) future, which will require the reinvention of the mode of communication between pedestrians and cars.
Ghost Drivers for Autonomous Cars
How would you react if you found yourself face-to-face with a driverless car?
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