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And it may also tell us about prospects for self-driving vehicles
If you drive a car, you and I can probably fit you into one of the following categories, although we may disagree a bit on which one, or whether you might straddle two of them:
- Aggressive driver
- Impatient driver
- Considerate driver
- Cautious driver
- Nervous driver
The kind of driver you are certainly depends on the amount of experience you have at driving and whether you are, by nature, bold or cautious. Aggressive drivers are bold and usually experienced. Nervous drivers are cautious and usually inexperienced. (There is another category distinction that crosses many of the others: Attentive versus Inattentive driver.)
I think that the kind of driver you are also depends on how you think of other vehicles and pedestrians on the road. You may think of them as one or more of
- Physical obstacles to be circumvented
- Competitors to be bested
- People like you
- People possibly different from you
Some people, both experienced and new at driving, may think of vehicles and pedestrians mainly just as…
