Researchers are analyzing road rage so that they can train self-driving vehicles to respond to aggressive driving.
Research conducted by the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, found that aggressive drivers had a 5 km/h (3.11 mph) faster speed than their non-aggressive counterparts. They also made more mistakes, like not indicating when changing lanes.
Researchers hope that the study will help make autonomous vehicles respond appropriately to aggressive driving.
“This research is significant because, as the era of autonomous vehicles approaches, road traffic will be a mix of both autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles, driven by people that may engage in aggressive driving,” said lead author Zhizhuo Su in an April 11 press release….