Application Monologue for Self-Driving Vehicles

A computing system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to communicate with a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode and a computing device of a passenger, the one or more processors configured to:
• obtain vehicle status information about the vehicle when operating in the autonomous driving mode, the vehicle status information comprising information about a current trip associated with the passenger;
• obtain information about a traffic signal or a traffic sign that the vehicle is approaching in the autonomous driving mode;
• identify whether the information about the traffic signal or the traffic sign is expected to impact a driving operation of the vehicle while operating in the autonomous driving mode;
• generate a map configured to display at least a portion of the information about the current trip associated with the passenger;
• based on the identification, cause generation of a visual representation of the traffic signal or the traffic sign;
• and
• cause the map and the visual representation to be displayed concurrently in a graphical user interface of the computing device of the passenger.