There’s mashups of both.

Level 3 autonomy is exactly that. Mercedes allows you to do other things than driving in specific situations like specific (!) highways etc.

BMW also has Level 3 on low speeds on specific highways.

This is not autonomy in all situations but only during the day, no rain etc.

For limited situations the car fully takes over and in case of an accident it is legally Mercedes’ or BMW’s responsibility not the driver.

That specific situation is indicated by the lights.

It will not drive autonomously in a city or so or where pedestrians are.

All cars in NL have yellow plates. The guy before you made a joke.

Different regulations apply for the driver when the car is autonomous vs controlled by a driver.

These lights do not indicate driving assists like Tesla’s autopilot but full level 3 and above autonomy. In level 3 for example, Mercedes is responsible for any damages due to accidents - not the driver.

Also in level 3 the driver may legally use their phone, which is illegal for a car driver normally and give them a ticket.

So there IS a legal requirement to find out about the autonomy level of a car from outside.

The reason for these lights is that Mercedes has Level 3 autonomy, so the car can self drive without the driver taking attention - for example here in Germany it is illegal (and there are photo traps) to use your phone on while driving. The lights are a solution to the exemption that you are allowed to use your phone while your car is on Level 3 autonomy.

On level 3 you need to be able to take over again within 30 seconds after the car actively asks you to do so.

“Epic” I can do.

When I urgently needed to print something a few years ago I ran to the store and purchased the cheapest laser printer I could find, which was a Ricoh for Eur 42. Windows GDI printer shit, but I also found Mac drivers and a working linux driver.

It waa the low end model, had the same printing mechanism as the larger Ricoh Multifunction things and third party toner was dirt cheap. Ah and I can’t remember any paper jam.

Inkjets, especiallw those from HP are a scam.

I only threw out the (fully working) Ricoh after years, because someone gave me a network connected full color Oki Multifunction led printer device for free.

(Ah I checked later, “normal” price for the Ricoh when not on sale was Eur 75 or so)

In the 80s there was a way to cheat phone booths in Germany: With a small tool that had an adjustment screw you could position the hook switch to an exact position where the phone booth had already connected the line but did not yet power up the rest of the machinery (including coin counters)

You could then call arbitrary nunbers by pulse dialing using the hook switch (the rotary dial was still powered down)

Basically a EU pulse dial version of phreaking.

My father, who died this year, used this a lot too make “free” calls in the 80s.

Now even Betteridge’s law is dead.

Oh my, that dad is young. The bwong bwong bwong came later with the faster transmission speeds.

http://www.babymop.de/

We need our own repetitive jokes on lemmy!

Found the reddit user.

Mayonäs am Handtuch is fürd Preissn, a Gscheida zuzlt sei Handtüchl mit am siassm Sempf.

Hmm, I’m using PSN from FF. Problem with am extension, maybe?

They get their nails did and do weird ass makeup looks because it’s a fun hobby.

https://xkcd.com/37/

Is this chatGPT generated?

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Hektoliter is common in Germany for measuring quantities of beer (not a single serving, of course, but when buying beer for some kind of venue or measuring the output of a brewery)

In huge parts of the world these are standardized and readable as well - where Vienna Convention signs are being used. (Those with have more pictograms).

Detours are also labelled by standard signs in a pre-determined font with a specific reflectivity. Easy for a car to recognize.

And even without text recognition is one of the really easy parts of self driving. I’ve done development on document recognition for random bank statements, builinng plans and legal documents - all the paperwork for financing a house - before. Those documents come in in various fonts, layouts differently formatted etc.