Linus's video on the self driving BMW

[babadoctor]

So, if you watch the video you can see that the BMW had some sort of indicator that told you how much time was left on a street light. How does this work? Is there an existing program or website than can do this?

[iRileyx]

There's a joke to be made with bmw drivers not using indicators in here somewhere.. I just can't think of it.

[GDRRiley]

2 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

So, if you watch the video you can see that the BMW had some sort of indicator that told you how much time was left on a street light. How does this work? Is there an existing program or website than can do this?

it is just the average time that cars on the network have sat there 

[Himommies]

2 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

So, if you watch the video you can see that the BMW had some sort of indicator that told you how much time was left on a street light. How does this work? Is there an existing program or website than can do this?

It's real time prediction.See if a car drove past that red light a hour ago and records the time then your car will know too

[Arty]

3 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

There's a joke to be made with bmw drivers not using indicators in here somewhere.. I just can't think of it.

yea,  I topped up on my blinker fluid this morning, was running low recently ;). 

 

 

IT uses data from the city, and predictive data to tell you.

[danomicar]

19 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

So, if you watch the video you can see that the BMW had some sort of indicator that told you how much time was left on a street light. How does this work? Is there an existing program or website than can do this?

It's similar to how google can predict traffic patterns. It just knows how long the average driver spends at the red light and give you an estimation of how much time is left.

 

I'd rather NOT know, just because knowing how many seconds are left would probably drive me nuts and let me put my guard down while I wait.

[babadoctor]

1 hour ago, Arty said:

yea,  I topped up on my blinker fluid this morning, was running low recently ;). 

 

 

IT uses data from the city, and predictive data to tell you.

Data from the city? What do you mean by that?

Can you elaborate?

Where does this data come from exactly?

[Arty]

4 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

Data from the city? What do you mean by that?

Can you elaborate?

Where does this data come from exactly?

For example audi does it this way

http://blog.caranddriver.com/audi-now-tells-drivers-when-traffic-lights-will-turn-green/

The German car brand launched the new feature earlier this month in Las Vegas. It counts down the time remaining until traffic lights turn green. Displayed on both the instrument cluster and the head-up display, the countdown clock provides real-time wait predictions for drivers interested in remaining attentive behind the wheel. So far, the feature has very limited distribution. Currently, it only works at traffic lights in southern Nevada and is limited to subscribers to the Audi Connect Prime service, which costs $199 for six months’ worth of access to dozens of connected features.

 

BMW will do it the same , and i believe both will also have predictive data where they see how long cars are at a light and determine it via that away. 

[jet224presents]

8 hours ago, Arty said:

yea,  I topped up on my blinker fluid this morning, was running low recently ;). 

 

 

IT uses data from the city, and predictive data to tell you.

ya my doctor told me that she replaces her blinker fluid monthly and that i should to, i hear the bulbs can burn out if you have a leak 

[ProjectBox153]

9 hours ago, babadoctor said:

Data from the city? What do you mean by that?

Can you elaborate?

Where does this data come from exactly?

The data comes from a mesh network of all the cars, something that was mentioned repeatedly in the video. The cars are constantly collecting their own data and using that to make themselves, along with the other cars on the network "smarter" in a way.