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A sorry horn for cars (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Occasionally when you’re driving, you’ll make a mistake and perhaps need to adjust and it can create some awkward situations. Like today, my dad ended up in the wrong lane to go straight instead of turn at a light. He had to cut in line to make sure we could go the right way. It’d be nice if we could communicate “sorry, I screwed up. Excuse me. I just need to slip in there.”

Right now all we have for inter car communication is the horn, which has kind of an aggressive implication to it. This is for trying to de-escalate potential road rage.

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[–] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Various horn sounds is a good idea. I always wanted text messaging displayed on the vehicle.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    Most drivers already don't use or know 60% of the capabilities of their vehicles, adding more is just adding distractions to already crappy drivers.

    Lane assists, cruise control, radar assists, parking assists, hazard lights, turn signals, oil pressure sensors, tire pressure sensors, fluid level sensors, driving modes, alternator charge readers, low gear throttle assists, hill assists, 'fog' lights, daylight driving lights, mirror defrosters, smooth braking modes...

    I have been in so many cars and watched people just... Not use these tools and then complain about something related to it.

    Can't fix stoopid

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  • [–] 2 points 10 hours ago

    Yeah, but just think: a message screen on the back of the vehicle could be used to display distracting adverts carefully curated content from our trusted partners when it's not in use to a captive and unwilling delighted audience with the revenue being used to offset the cost of running the vehicle haha fuck you.

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