Audi's self-driving car is being taught human manners

Self-driving vehicles claim to reduce the risk of accidents and congestion by removing human unpredictability. But one car manufacturer has been teaching its robotic vehicles to drive more like humans in an effort to make them safer on the roads. Audi's A7 sportback autonomous test vehicle - nicknamed Jack - drifts towards the road markings before signalling its intent to perform a lane-change manouevre. Audi's new driverless car technology (pictured) is being taught to behave more like a human by moving closer to lane markings before signalling that it is about to change lanes and giving larger vehicles a wider bearth The German car giant has found that this subtle movement is used by human drivers as an unconscious signal of intent before they even turn on the indicators. Audi's car also tends to give larger vehicles like trucks a wider berth when overtaking, much like human motorists.