Watch the back of two cars at the same intersection and you might notice something odd. The first car hits the brakes, then one of its red brake lights starts flashing. The second car does the
A self-driving car getting confused in a parking lot is annoying. A self-driving car getting confused near a fire truck, police cruiser, or ambulance is something else entirely. That is
There was a time when changing the temperature in a car took half a second. You reached down, turned a knob, and somehow civilization survived. Now, in some cars, the same job feels like openin
Roundabouts are supposed to be the cure. That is the whole pitch. Fewer hard stops, smoother traffic flow, less waiting around at a red light while nobody moves, less chaos than a traditional i
Quick answer? You're fine. Nobody is getting arrested for flicking on the cabin light to dig through a glovebox at midnight. Not in any of the fifty states. There simply isn't a law on the boo
Most people think of a car as something that reacts to what is right in front of it. See the brake lights, then brake. See the danger, then respond. V2X changes that whole idea. It lets a ca
Turn signals are one of the earliest car safety features. Early 1900s, some cars had mechanical arm "trafficators" that popped out of either side to show a turn. In 1908 Italian inventor Alf
You’re at a stoplight in Germany or the UK, waiting for it to turn green. Instead of flipping straight from red to green like you’re used to in the States, it flashes red and yellow togeth
Traffic lights seem about as simple as it gets. A colored light turns on, drivers react, everyone moves on. But if it were really that simple, traffic lights would actually be a lot harder to read &md
Look, everyone's tired of getting flash-banged by some jackass driving around with their brights on. Yeah, new car headlights are stupidly bright these days, but that doesn't mean everyone sho