Self Driving Cars. Honking. 3 Pieces of Intel about Self-Honking Cars.

Google is programming self driving cars with the ability to honk. Here’s what you need to know when Texas considers self-driving car bills again in 2017:

  • Google is pre-programming 2 honks:
    • a friendly “quiet two pips” to alert other drivers
    • af ull-on “loud sustained honk” for emergent situations
  • the human driver offers feedback to allow the honk or not
  • the honking system identifies false positives like cars making 3 point turns

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