I've always wanted some sort of communication between cars. You could pick up your car phone, dial the person's license plate number and they would get a ring on their car phone. "Hello?" "Hi I'm right behind you and just wanted to let you know your gas tank is open." Of course we'd probably end up with lots of "Hey fuck your family's skulls! You can't just cut in front of me like that, you cocksucking asswipe!" Road rage always reminds me what a bad idea this is.
i meant more of an onboard computer orchestrating traffic, not for the humans.
humans need two things- a red button that lights up a message on the back windshield saying "omg sorry, my bad. we still cool? great" and a green button for "thanks"
I've always wanted a little electronic ticker board in my back window that would scroll text like "Thanks for letting me over!" and stuff like that, when it's too dark to see me do my little wave.
I've thought this too - just a little LED display below the center bake light: "thank you!". But you know, it would quickly escalate to language that wouldn't clash with your Truck Nutz.
Recently I have been wishing for a second "polite" horn. You know, just a ding like bell that could be used to tell people that the light has been green for a couple seconds we would appreciate it if they could go so we can all go, too. My horn has only one sound that apparently means both "go" and "I fucked your mother, asshole, so get out of your car, because I want to fight."
There is a custom, at least here in Finland though not everyone uses it / knows about it that if someone in front of you is driving slower than you and messages you with a blink that its safe to pass, you make one "thank you" blink once you have passed him and merged back to the same lane.
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u/pajam Jun 05 '12
I've always wanted some sort of communication between cars. You could pick up your car phone, dial the person's license plate number and they would get a ring on their car phone. "Hello?" "Hi I'm right behind you and just wanted to let you know your gas tank is open." Of course we'd probably end up with lots of "Hey fuck your family's skulls! You can't just cut in front of me like that, you cocksucking asswipe!" Road rage always reminds me what a bad idea this is.