If you happen to be walking or driving down San Jose, California, later this year and have a feeling that a late model Mercedes-Benz-S-Class sedan just checked you out, you may be right.

With rooftop lighted sensors and a quick flash of a signature LED lamp, you could assume that this car just gave you a quick wink. If this is the case, this car may be one of the several cars in a pilot program that is testing its ability to communicate with people and other cars. How cool is that!

The German firms Daimler and Bosch have partnered together on a large-scale autonomous car project which started in 1986. Last month, the companies announced a plan to test a ridesharing service in San Jose. Riders are not charged for the trips and the rides will follow specific routes in Silicon Valley City, San Jose. The rideshare cars will have trained and certified human operators onboard while traveling on public roads.

Going back to what we really want to know – just how can a car communicate with a person? In the preview video, an S-Class sedan demonstrates many features that will acknowledge and signal people, other vehicles, and anything else it will notice. For instance, blue LED light stripes on the roof-mounted sensors indicate the vehicle is in self-driving mode.

When a car is about to begin a trip, you will see the car lift its body a little bit, fold the mirrors, and emit a special sound. While the car is traveling, the lights on the roof will sequence to acknowledge other vehicles and people on or near the road. In the preview video, you can witness the right signature LED lamp blinking twice to a pedestrian just off the road. In other words, it is giving them a little wink to say they’re there. “The cooperative vehicle mimics the natural eye contact between driver and pedestrian as if to say: ‘I’ve seen you,’” says Daimler.

The ultimate goal of this stage of the Daimler and Bosch project is “to create trust and to make communication between people and self-driving cars as intuitive as possible.” While we see vehicles that talk in films such as Cars, this new phenomenon of having vehicles greet us is not a far stretch.

When you’re not feeling well, you expect doctors to be able to help you through it! But, sometimes this is not the case, especially for women. There are many times that women are dismissed by doctors, especially male doctors. Here are some stories that women are sharing about times male ER doctors completely dismissed them. This is ridiculous and could lead to some serious problems but, unfortunately, it happens!

It can be super scary when you rush to the ER under such circumstances as this woman did. Not only are you worried about what’s happening with your body but being dismissed by the professional you’re going to for help adds extra anxiety.

How these doctors could give multiple different wrong diagnoses is beyond us. We can see why many people don’t trust medical professionals now. Sure — no one is perfect, and everyone makes mistakes, but three different diagnoses? Come on, people!

It’s scary enough when you yourself experience something strange but when it happens to someone you love — especially a parent — the situation becomes that much more intense. When something like this happens, you automatically assume that the ER will be able to help you.

Apparently, for this woman, that wasn’t necessarily the case. In reality, the fact that she had to wait six weeks to find out what was wrong with her just seems like torture.

When you’re pregnant, especially if it’s your first child, every little thing makes you nervous. There are a lot of changes that occur in your body during this time, so you rely on your doctors to let you know what’s normal and what isn’t.

Even though this doctor may have meant well, he should have been more thorough — at least in our opinion. Clearly, there was something else wrong other than hemorrhoids and eventually, the woman got the right doctor to help her.

Just because a woman has admitted herself to the ER doesn’t mean that she’s pregnant. So, why is that the first thought that male doctors have when a female comes to them for help?

This OP clearly knows the status of her reproductive system better than any doctor, yet she was sent home because her symptoms weren’t that serious. Apparently, they were serious enough to finally get diagnosed with endometriosis.

When you’ve been to the doctor, and they haven’t listened to you, there’s probably a part inside of you that hopes they’re right. But, after the fourth trip to the doctor, something’s gotta give.

This woman kept going back to the doctor time and time again but was only getting treated for a urinary tract infection. It turns out, the cause of her pain was ovarian cancer that doctors, unfortunately, caught too late.

The truth is, even though doctors have medical degrees, sometimes people know their own bodies better. Whether the doctors believe that or not is completely up to them but unfortunately, situations like this get pushed to the side oftentimes.

So, we’re certainly happy that this person didn’t just give up and instead, pushed their doctor for those tests. Still, the fact that they even had to ask seems like a huge oversight.

For any parent with small children, you know that the likelihood of you catching whatever disease they bring into the house is pretty high. When it gets super bad, of course, you want to reach out to a doctor for help.

How a doctor could see someone in this much pain and dismiss them is completely bizarre. Unfortunately, sometimes, the initial doctor isn’t great. At least this woman got a second opinion!

Any type of issue or pain that radiates from the abdominal area can be quite debilitating! So, when the pain is super intense, the first place you want to head to is the emergency room! But, maybe that isn’t the best option if you’re of the female persuasion.

We know that acid reflux can be pretty extreme but typically, it doesn’t have you doubled up. In the end, this doctor had to eat his words and we hope an apology followed shortly after…

We understand that doctors are often overworked and that could affect their behavior. However, they oftentimes have to deal with life-or-death situations and so, in our minds, that means they should take everyone seriously.

They definitely shouldn’t dismiss a woman, as the doctor in this story did. After all, the lady was in quite a lot of pain! The fact that she literally had to go to a different hospital to get treated for a kidney stone… well, that’s just unacceptable — especially because that same medical staff was so willing to treat the OP’s husband for abdominal pain.

It’s a pretty serious situation when a blood transfusion is needed. This process isn’t easy and it can be very scary, especially if you’ve never had major surgery. So, when things start to feel off, that can definitely be horrifying!

This poor woman experienced just that, but the doctor that was “treating” her wouldn’t listen. And if this poor woman hadn’t grabbed her emergency meds, she could have died!

Accidents happen especially when working with sharp objects. Some people take this very well while others overreact, and maybe that’s why the doctor reacted the way he did. However, it seems to us that this person was simply asking about stitches.

Why the doctor felt they were asking for something else is beyond us and just goes to show you that sometimes, even highly trained professionals just don’t listen.

Unfortunately, many women have had bad experiences with male ER doctors and that has caused them to reconsider even utilizing the service. Unfortunately, that can be life-threatening, especially if you’re like this woman — who was suffering from a pretty severe condition.

Ending up in the ICU is hardly anyone’s goal and so, though we understand why she felt the way she did, we hope next time she reconsiders waiting so long to get checked out by a doctor.

We would like to understand why the first thing that a lot of these dismissive male doctors focus on when it comes to their female patients is their menstrual cycle. Not everything in a woman’s body is correlated to that.

This woman relied on her doctor to be able to read her chart and he didn’t even do that correctly. Clearly, because she can’t have a cycle, she doesn’t have a uterus. This is just ridiculous!

Pregnancy changes a woman’s body and that’s undeniable. While growing a tiny human in their body, many symptoms and ailments can crop up that are directly related to the pregnancy. However, pain in the elbow doesn’t seem to us like it would be a common symptom for any woman who’s pregnant.

Though this woman fell, we can see why it was a challenge to get approved for an X-ray, considering that the radiation can affect the baby. Still, it shouldn’t take a month and six doctor visits to be able to get the help that’s needed. This poor OP was severely in pain.

Typically, when someone has severe asthma, they have their inhaler near them at all times. But, even though they’re typically prepared, there are times when you just don’t think about it and this poor woman was suffering while the EMTs were lecturing her.

These two male EMTs thought that she was just a hysterical woman having an anxiety attack. Luckily, she was able to work through the attack, otherwise, they would have been pretty sorry about dismissing her that way.

Though we’re sure there are many conditions that doctors can diagnose just from one look, it still would be trust-building if they’d perform some tests and actually listen to the words coming from their patients’ mouths.

Unfortunately for women, they have to deal with dismissive male doctors a lot of the time. This woman not only got dismissed and slapped but was also advised on how to break a bad habit. This was the last thing she wanted to hear when she was simply trying to figure out what her rash had been caused by.

There are a lot of tests that have to be run when you come to an ER. This is fine and a great way to go about narrowing down what could possibly be the issue.

However, this ER doctor seems to think that, because this woman just had a miscarriage, she was looking for some kind of special treatment. Because of his narrow-minded thought process and lack of professionalism, this poor woman had to put up with a lot of extra pain before someone was willing to help her.

We certainly understand that you want to check the boxes off and make sure that you look at everything that could potentially be wrong. After all, you do hold someone’s life in your hands when you’re a doctor and you’re dealing with medical emergencies.

However, this doctor put this person’s life in danger by taking the time they did to check her appendix — even though that’s not where the pain was stemming from. As a result, the OP ended up losing her left fallopian tube.

There are just some instances when no matter how bad the condition is, a doctor’s hands are somewhat tied. However, typically when it comes to the hemorrhaging of an abdomen, it seems like that’s something that a doctor should be able to attend to.

So, when this poor OP was told that she could only be given morphine and a bed, we can only imagine her reaction. What kind of nonsense is that anyway? This gal isn’t asking for a hotel stay — she needs medical attention!

We never went to medical school but we’re sure there are ailments that have similar symptoms, which can then create a level of confusion at times. So, we partially understand why this doctor may have thought one thing when it was actually a completely different issue.

However, when someone tells you that they’ve never done any illicit substances — a claim that’s backed up by their spouse — you probably should listen to them. Otherwise, there will be plenty more women that wind up sitting in the ICU for a week.

We can definitely understand a doctor not being able to figure out what was wrong with this woman once, maybe even twice. However, perhaps it wouldn’t have taken her four visits if they had just listened to her the first time around!

And once everything was figured out, why didn’t they offer the gal some pain meds? Even if she didn’t want them, it doesn’t hurt to put the offer out there — especially when her SO always manages to walk out with a prescription for pain meds and antibiotics.

When a mother brings her child to the ER, you better believe there’s something wrong. On top of this, the male doctor is dealing with a momma lion trying to protect her little cub — and that means she’s much less willing to take no for an answer.

We cannot believe this doctor went so far as to threaten to call the authorities because this woman wanted answers. Good thing she was so persistent, though!

Many people think “tinnitus” is a minor issue. But, like with any other condition, there are varying degrees — and this woman seems to have a pretty severe case. Too bad her male doctors don’t seem to listen.

On the other hand, we can understand the doctor not wanting to prescribe medication that might cause issues. There has to be some sort of compromise here!

There are many people that use the healthcare system to feed their addictions. So, we can understand that some doctors are wary and have put systems in place to prevent this from happening.

But, this poor woman was in so much pain, it was affecting her day-to-day life. As the OP said, do not take no for an answer — you know your body better than anyone else does. This woman’s persistence ended up saving her life.

A sore throat is one thing but when your throat begins to close up, it gets a whole lot scarier. So, we understand this woman’s urgency to figure out what was going on. Though we’re sure the doctor wasn’t trying to be insensitive, he clearly wasn’t listening.

It was a lucky circumstance that there was another female nurse in the room, otherwise, this male doctor may not have even administered the steroid shot that saved the OP’s life.

The only thing we think of when we read this story is how sad it is that this woman’s symptoms were so bad, she was sent to a different hospital that was better equipped to handle her ailments.

The fact that this female PA knew the only way her fellow female companion would receive the correct treatment was to go somewhere else definitely speaks volumes. Moral of the story — keep an eye on yourself when taking antibiotics!

The truth is, though many of these stories involve a male doctor or nurse dismissing female patients, there are also female doctors that do plenty of dismissing. Take this story, for instance.

The fact that this woman had to beg for a chest X-ray is just too much. This doctor was being quite uptight — not to mention that she wasn’t listening to anything her patient had to say. Where’s your bedside manner, lady?

It’s embarrassing as a woman when you go to your OB, and they tell you that they know exactly what the problem is. This doctor forced this poor girl to pee in a cup to prove his predictions correct.

We’re not sure why he didn’t believe her. Instead, he refused to treat her until she agreed to pee in a cup. We’re just glad that everything was resolved, otherwise, something much worse could have happened.

Many doctor’s offices are not open on the weekends and so, when something goes wrong, you head straight to the ER. This is a place you’re meant to get the help you need but for many women, it just turns into a horrible mess.

We can’t believe that the doctor in this story sent this poor girl home with such a serious condition. It’s a good thing that her doctor did what she did. Hopefully, this won’t happen again in that ER.

Any health issues that arise for women whilst they’re pregnant can be very serious and stressful. That is the time you want your doctors to pay close attention to what you’re telling them.

We cannot believe that these ER doctors treated this woman like this. The fact they put her and her babies’ lives in danger is just unacceptable. If this was only because she’s a woman, well, that makes it even worse!

During the first few weeks of pregnancy, there are a lot of procedures that can be dangerous to do to a woman. Doctors should know this and take what the woman says into consideration, especially at this time.

For us, though, the fact that this gyno office thought a gift card was the way to apologize — that’s just bizarre. What in the world is wrong with some people?

An answer a lot of doctors have when something serious begins — like swelling — is to lose weight. This is especially the case when it comes to women. Though this can help alleviate a lot of problems, it’s not the cure-all for everything.

This is something most everyone, including women, would like doctors to really understand. At least this poor woman eventually figured out what the issue was!

There can be serious repercussions when a doctor dismisses any patient and their complaints. When it has to do with certain areas — like a female’s reproductive system — there are long-term consequences.

This woman could have been very unlucky if the second set of doctors had dismissed her. We’re glad they didn’t! How the first set of doctors thought it was just an upset stomach is really hard to understand.

If you’ve ever felt the searing pain of sciatica, you will understand why this woman was bedridden. Sure — weight can affect sciatic pain but to this very degree? That’s questionable.

We don’t even have medical degrees and we know this. What really makes this story ridiculous is the fact it took a year for the doctors to figure out what was wrong with this poor woman!

After you’ve had an ovarian cyst burst, the pain is forever etched in your memory. So, when you experience the same pain and rush to the ER for help, you expect people to listen to you.

Unfortunately, this woman had to deal with the same old dismissals — which, in turn, cost her an ovary. The fact that she wound up returning to the ER in an ambulance should have really signaled to the hospital administration that they need new doctors!

It’s true that women suffer from UTIs quite a bit but that shouldn’t be the only thing that doctors diagnose us with when we show certain symptoms. On top of that, this doctor ran tests but ignored the results in the end because he apparently knew better.

The ramifications of dismissing this woman and her feelings landed her in an ICU with a weakened immune system. We hope the doctor learned his lesson.

When you’ve had several bad experiences with doctors, you tend to self-diagnose more often. This is especially true if you’re someone like this woman — who’s a little accident-prone. As we know, that isn’t always a good thing.

The fact that she was scared of being dismissed and wasting her hard-earned money led her to do way more damage than was necessary. This is why male doctors need to stop dismissing their female patients all the time.

It’s true that there are teenagers (of both genders) that exaggerate things to get attention. Still, one shouldn’t have to work so hard to prove that they can’t breathe properly. It seems like this doctor just didn’t want to work that day.

Dismissing this mother and daughter may well have been life-threatening but, luckily, the doctor eventually prescribed exactly what the girl needed. That doesn’t excuse the doctor’s mistreatment, though!

Sometimes, when a major issue arises, a person’s main doctor will tell their patient to head to the ER. But, in this case, there was clearly no communication with the ER doctors and that’s what led to this particular issue.

These doctors just didn’t want to listen to her, and this could have led to her death. Strokes are no joke, and we’re glad she was insistent on the scan!

Women deal with menstrual cramps for most of their lives, so they know what they feel like. Even though there can be mild differences, most women can differentiate between stomach pain and cramps.

Apparently, these doctors didn’t understand that and because of this, some serious ramifications were had. We can’t believe that they diagnosed her with something so simple when it was much more complicated and dangerous.

We’ve all had that moment in which we’re enjoying a bowl of popcorn whilst watching a great movie — when suddenly, we feel a kernel get stuck in the back of our throats. That’s quite an uncomfortable feeling. This person, though, had a completely different issue.

So, when they first came in, we can understand why the doctor may not have been initially able to diagnose the problem correctly. But, once the woman told them about everything, they should have reacted quicker. That way, they would have figured it out right away rather than letting this poor OP suffer.

There are some things that you expect when you go to the doctor with paralyzing pain. You want a physical exam and some tests run, at the very least. The doctor that treated this young woman was simply being rudely dismissive!

But, there was so much more going on! The fact that this doctor didn’t do every test imaginable in order to rule out causes just further proves how differently women are treated in comparison to men — even at the doctor!

Though vaccines are created to be able to be used by everyone, they’re still chemical compounds that can affect everyone differently. Most of us are very aware of how our body shows us it doesn’t like something.

So, these doctors should have really listened to this woman without her having to repeat herself over and over again. After all, why would she lie about getting work done on her lips?

When you’re an athlete, you accept that you’ll have to deal with injuries at some point. Some of those can be pretty painful but most of the time, these injuries don’t last longer than a few months.

Even after this woman went to the doctor, they wouldn’t listen and continuously gave her the wrong diagnosis. We would be so frustrated if we were her.

Doctors are human and can make mistakes. But, ignoring a patient’s pain for seven years is absolutely unforgivable. There’s no excuse for the fact that this poor OP had to find a different, more attentive doctor to help her.

You’re a doctor, after all. Your literal job is to help people — yet, all this doc did was mock his patient’s pain and claim that she was exaggerating. Up yours, doc!