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I would like some kind of visual feedback (maybe countdown timer for how long it has stopped for?) from autonomous car.

Something similar to checking if driver is paying attention and is aware that I'm going to cross in front of their car by looking at direction where driver is looking or a hand gesture.

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With a human I try to make eye contact. At least that way if I get run over I know it's intentional :)

Maybe they were on to something with the Jonny Cab mannequin in Total Recall.

How do you achieve this? I feel like every time I'm crossing the street windshield glare is so severe that I couldn't even be convinced the driver was in their seat.

You could put eyes on the outside of the car.

-try-

This is one of the reasons I wish drivers would stop trying to let me cross the street when they could just drive past. Most of the time I can't see them clearly enough to make eye contact and be sure that they are not just lost/confused (I live in a tourist town with diabolical roads so that's pretty common).

Just look directly into the Lidar. That way we'll know when the uprising is close.

Do not look directly into the lidar with remaining eye

I remember Ford doing some of this work in a research phase a few years ago (by putting real people in hilarious empty seat costumes). I don't recall anything more recent from the major players and it still feels like a missing component to to having vulnerable road users feel comfortable around autonomous cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqQyYOPPn7w

OMG that is hilarious! How do we I get one of these costumes?

I really want this, too. I highly depend on eye contact with other drivers for safety.

This is a great idea. Disney/Pixar have this figured out, why not turn fiction into reality for a good use case?

> I would like some kind of visual feedback

Good idea. Maybe the car can turn on an indicator when it has made the decision it is going to move, something that even gives an idea of where it is intending to move.

you could create some kind of modulated visual signal that activates only on the side that the vehicle intends to move towards?

Interestingly, the Waymo vehicles do actually have a screen on top, though I'm not sure what they're planning to use it for. Here's a photo [1].

[1] https://www.wallpaper.com/transport/waymo-division-autonomou...

I know someone at waymo, maybe they can file a feature request. Jonny Cab here we come.

Interesting! Like a higher fidelity turn signal.

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