Systems and methods for deploying emergency roadside signaling devices

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause at least one computing device to:

• determine that an autonomous vehicle has experienced a malfunction, the autonomous vehicle comprising an emergency signaling system comprising:
• one or more signaling devices configured to visually notify other vehicles when placed on or near a roadway, and
• an object placing device configured to place the one or more signaling devices;
• and
• provide instructions to the object placing device to place the one or more signaling devices on or near the roadway,
• wherein each of the one or more signaling devices comprises a spring loaded tube and a delay mechanism configured to release the spring after the one or more signaling devices has been dropped onto the roadway.

A method comprising:

• determining that an autonomous vehicle has experienced a malfunction, the autonomous vehicle comprising an emergency signaling system comprising:
• one or more signaling devices configured to visually notify other vehicles when placed on or near the roadway;
• and
• an object placing device configured to place the one or more signaling devices;
• and
• providing instructions to the object placing device to place the one or more signaling devices on or near the roadway,
• wherein each of the one or more signaling devices comprises a spring loaded tube and a delay mechanism configured to release the spring after the one or more signaling devices has been dropped onto the roadway.