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I'm putting this here because the ideas just a result of hours in traffic, but I'm curious what people would say about it.
It would be a device for drivers to communicate with each other to decide who should go first when it's ambiguous (e.g. merging, changing lanes in front of someone, crossing at an intersection, general jams in the city etc.)
I imagine the input and output would all be tactile with two parts on each side of the steering wheel. The right side would have a bump which would spin to follow the car being communicated with. The driver could also turn it to choose what car to communicate with (and it would snap into place if it found a car which also had this device). The left side would have two switches. The top switch can be toggled forward or backward to indicate their intent to go or let the other driver go, respectively. The bottom switch can not be toggled and tells you the other driver's intent.
Here would be a simple situation:
Person A is attempting to change lanes and come in front of Person B. Person B sees Person A signaling, points the right bump toward Person A and feels it snap into place, indicating Person A also has the device. Person B decides to let Person A pass, so sets the top switch back. Person A feels their bottom switch snap forward, indicating Person B gave them the ok, so sets their top switch forward to let Person B know they're on the same page. They have now both agreed that Person A will change lanes in front of Person B.
I'm not sure whether the hassle of using the device would be worth the benefits, but I imagine it could be helpful, especially for novice drivers.
It would be a device for drivers to communicate with each other to decide who should go first when it's ambiguous (e.g. merging, changing lanes in front of someone, crossing at an intersection, general jams in the city etc.)
I imagine the input and output would all be tactile with two parts on each side of the steering wheel. The right side would have a bump which would spin to follow the car being communicated with. The driver could also turn it to choose what car to communicate with (and it would snap into place if it found a car which also had this device). The left side would have two switches. The top switch can be toggled forward or backward to indicate their intent to go or let the other driver go, respectively. The bottom switch can not be toggled and tells you the other driver's intent.
Here would be a simple situation:
Person A is attempting to change lanes and come in front of Person B. Person B sees Person A signaling, points the right bump toward Person A and feels it snap into place, indicating Person A also has the device. Person B decides to let Person A pass, so sets the top switch back. Person A feels their bottom switch snap forward, indicating Person B gave them the ok, so sets their top switch forward to let Person B know they're on the same page. They have now both agreed that Person A will change lanes in front of Person B.
I'm not sure whether the hassle of using the device would be worth the benefits, but I imagine it could be helpful, especially for novice drivers.