1. A self-driving vehicle (SDV) comprising: a sensor system to generate sensor data corresponding to a surrounding area of the SDV; acceleration, steering, and braking systems; a lighting strip viewable from the surrounding area of the SDV; a control system to execute an instruction set that causes the control system to: process the sensor data to autonomously control the acceleration, steering, and braking systems along a current route; based on the current route, dynamically determine a set of immediate actions to be performed by the SDV; based on the set of immediate actions, generate a set of intention outputs on the light strip, the set of intention outputs indicating the set of immediate actions prior to the SDV executing the set of immediate actions.