Audi’s Self-Driving A7 Stands Out With Autobahn Etiquette
- Concept car moves out to way to let faster vehicles pass
- Autonomous cars learning to act more like human drivers
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Self-driving cars are becoming increasingly more like humans in their driving habits, while weeding out downsides like lane squatting and road rage.
An autonomous Audi A7 test car, dubbed Jack, gives trucks a wider berth when passing and edges toward the lane marking before signaling, mimicking the behavior of human drivers. What Jack didn’t do during a recent test on Germany’s Autobahn is get mad at aggressive drivers, a frequent risk especially on the speed limit-free stretches where vehicles regularly barrel down the road at more than 200 kilometers per hour (124 miles per hour).