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Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light

  • Written by Lionel Peter Robert Jr., Associate Professor of Information, University of Michigan
An autonomous vehicle has no driver to communicate with about whether it's safe to cross.Saklakova/iStock/Getty Images Plus

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