As part of a new research initiative, Ford and Virginia Tech Transportation Institute are working together to develop visual signals that will enable self-driving vehicles to communicate with pedestrians and other road users Even as autonomous vehicle engineers fine-tune cars' self-driving skills, an enduring mystery is how a vehicle with no driver will interact with pedestrians. A simple hand wave from a conventional driver is a well-established safe signal for a pedestrian to walk in front of the car without fear of the vehicle moving. But what is the 'safe signal' from a driverless car?
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