If You Get In the Way of Google's Self-Driving Car, It Might Shout at You

If You Get In the Way of Google's Self-Driving Car, It Might Shout at You

2 min read If You Get In the Way of Google's Self-Driving Car, It Might Shout at You Today's Most Read December 1, 2015 Drivers yell at pedestrians all of the time. Why shouldn't self-driving cars do the same? Judging from a patent recently granted to the tech company, Google's driverless vehicles may soon do exactly that. The drawing-packed U.S. patent , awarded last week, sheds some much-anticipated light on how Google's autonomous car could interact with pedestrians. And, by the looks of it, the cute little whip won't always quietly roll on by. If, for example, the external loudspeaker concept laid out in the patent is added to the car's design, the vehicle will be able to bark out amplified alerts, like "safe to cross" and "coming through." (We can't help but wonder what the car might say to the cops in the event of a pull over . Or to the human drivers who dare cut it off or, worse, hit it.

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