🧒🏾 🌒 🕟 Unmanned vehicles should “keep in mind” the brands of cars driven by the toughest drivers 🤴 🤦🏽 👳🏿

What brand of car do you drive?

Various studies (which will be discussed in this article) suggest that the make of the car is a vivid indicator of how rude the driver is sitting behind the wheel of a vehicle.

In other words, it is believed that the toughest drivers are driving certain cars. At the same time, we are dealing with a dilemma similar to the question about a chicken and an egg - do rude drivers prefer to drive cars of a certain brand or do these brands attract rude drivers? No one can say for sure.

Some even believe that drivers get tougher when they drive certain brands of cars.

Maybe in everyday life you are the most polite of drivers, but as soon as you get behind the wheel of such a car, you are immediately transformed.

Your Honor, the car I was driving made me drive fast and furiously (I'm not sure that the judge will allow you to evade responsibility with this wording).

What car brands provoke rudeness on the roads?

There is a study of British drivers in which Audi owners were named the rudest, followed by BMW, Range Rover, Mercedes, VW and other brands.

Another (wider) study found that BMW drivers are considered the most rude, followed by owners of Ford, Audi and other brands.

Another study, based on incidents allegedly related to reckless driving, showed brands and brands making up the top 10 most “reckless" ones :

Mazda MX-5 Miata
Hyundai Genesis Coupe
Isuzu rodeo
Nissan 370Z
Chevrolet K1500
Cadillac ats
Vw cc
RAM 1500
Saturn l200
Dodge challenger

I understand that some of you will be upset by the stereotype of rough driving only because of the brand of your car.

The point is all these idiots who drive horribly, and you just react to their actions.

Or perhaps you are an exception to the rule. You own a machine that is considered a magnet for rudeness, but it is you who do not behave like that. You are a kind and polite driver.

If you think about it, this whole concept may be fundamentally wrong.

Suppose all car drivers are roughly the same in terms of rudeness, and the media feel that some car brands are attracting rude drivers. In other words, you pay special attention when the brute action is performed by the driver of the car through which the media went, while you ignore the equally rude actions of car drivers about whose brands they did not write anything.

Of course, this whole topic may seem overly academic, since you may wonder - what's the difference?

Drivers will drive the way they want.

Does it matter that rude drivers may be inclined to choose certain brands?

Perhaps it does.

When parents teach their child how to drive, they warn him that he must be especially careful near certain brands of cars. So the young driver learns that when cars of these brands drive up to him, they are more likely to be cut (or something like that happens).

Whether it is right or wrong, the rule seems useful.

Nowadays, an interesting question arises: should completely unmanned vehicles based on AI know about which brands of drivers are more prone to rudeness, and if so, will this benefit the technology of unmanned driving?

Let's get it right.

Car autonomy levels

It’s important to clarify what I mean when I talk about fully unmanned vehicles with AI.

Real unmanned vehicles are vehicles in which the AI manages itself without any human assistance.

Such vehicles are assigned to levels 4 and 5, while cars that require human participation for co-driving are usually assigned to levels 2 or 3. Cars in which driving with the help of a person is called semi-autonomous, and usually they contain many additional functions that are referred to as ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems).

So far, there is no fully unmanned vehicle level 5. Today, we don’t even know whether this can be achieved, and how long it will take.

Meanwhile, work is underway in level 4 area. Very narrow and selective tests are carried out on public roads, although there is debate about the admissibility of such tests (some believe that people participating in tests on roads and highways act as guinea pigs, which can survive or die in each test) .

Since semi-autonomous cars require a human driver, the adoption of such cars by the masses will not be much different from driving ordinary cars, there is nothing new that could be said about them in the context of our topic (although, as you will soon see, the points that will be considered further applicable to them).

In the case of semi-autonomous cars, it’s important that the public is warned about a disturbing aspect that has arisen recently - despite people who continue to post videos about how they fall asleep while driving cars of 2 or 3 levels, we all need to remember that the driver cannot be distracted from driving a semi-autonomous car.

You are responsible for actions to control the vehicle level 2 or 3, regardless of the level of automation.

Unmanned vehicles and rude drivers

In vehicles of level 4 and 5, a person does not take part in the management, all people in these vehicles will be passengers, and AI will drive.

First, let's look at a question that some believe has already been resolved, but in fact it is still open.

Will AI systems in unmanned vehicles be rude on the road?

At first it may seem to you that an unmanned car cannot have a reason to act rudely, so you believe that there can be no rude unmanned car.

I am not so sure.

Let's start with the reaction of human drivers to today's test trips of unmanned vehicles on public roads.

In most cases, cars without a driver move at a speed set by the restriction (or less) and act extremely carefully.

As a result, drivers who encounter unmanned vehicles are sometimes annoyed by this modesty and do not understand it. Sometimes these drivers start to mock robotic cars, which can be dangerous. In some cases, drivers overtake a quietly driving unmanned vehicle, after which they sharply hit the brakes to make the AI react.

Who is rude in these situations?

You can answer that people-drivers are rude.

On the other hand, these supposedly "rude" drivers say that they are annoyed by the leisurelyness of cars without a driver, and they argue that the behavior of robotic cars is rude.

These drivers claim that rudeness in driving AI is unacceptable and dangerous to the flow of traffic, and although their own rudeness (which is a reaction to driving an unmanned vehicle) does not deserve praise, it is caused by the rudeness of a robot car.

Do you agree with this logic?

Some agree, some do not.

Some experts believe that rudeness is only in the eye of the beholder.

Another factor in the potential rudeness of unmanned vehicles is related to the actions that people drivers do every day. For example, people drive up close to other cars to show that they want to enter their lane.

Is this act rude, or is it a clear demonstration of your intentions to other drivers?

If we want unmanned vehicles to move in the same way as humans, then, apparently, AI-based driving systems should come close to other cars in the same way in order to show their intention to integrate into the lane. Without such imitation, human drivers lose their understanding of what the car intends to do without a driver.

It is possible that human drivers will want unmanned vehicles to be "rude" along with human drivers who perform micromaneuvers to demonstrate their driving intentions.

However, we do not want unmanned vehicles to reach a certain level of rudeness. Perhaps sometimes you really need to show a little arrogance, but the situation will get out of control as soon as this arrogance passes a certain threshold.

Who will determine the acceptable threshold of rudeness?

Will it be car manufacturers, car owners, passengers, authorities, or someone else?

It is also difficult to give an answer because of the driving culture in different regions.

Drivers in New York are known for their extremely aggressive driving style. Theoretically, the coefficient of rudeness of an unmanned car that travels in New York could be much higher than if this car was traveling in conventional Iowa.

Perhaps the AI system should automatically re-calibrate its “rudeness levels” to where it is.

In fact, thanks to the electronic upgrade of the on-board AI system by air, some suggest that cars without a driver will load a special driving pattern depending on the region in which the trip takes place. An unmanned vehicle that is used to drive around the United States can ultimately load up various driving preferences and options that will suit many cities and towns where the car travels.

Even the time and day of the week can make a difference.

In traffic jams in Los Angeles, morning and evening commute to work on weekdays is usually associated with a lot of rudeness. At night, there is less rudeness on the roads, as well as on weekends.

Presumably, the amount of traffic and the rush of the driver contribute to the manifestation of rudeness, and all these factors can vary depending on the time of day, day of the week and, possibly, time of year.

In short, since in the future there will be both human-driven cars and unmanned vehicles (the number of which is growing) on the roads, this mixture will inevitably be surrounded by manifestations of rudeness. Probably for many decades.

Those who hope for a world in which there are only unmanned vehicles on the roads will have to wait a long time. Also, perhaps our world will never become such (there are people who will not give up the opportunity to drive on their own, and you can only pull their dead cold hands from the steering wheel).

If the distant future still consists in the fact that exclusively unmanned vehicles will be on our roads, then yes, all of them could be polite towards each other, and perhaps we could refuse any rudeness of driving. But for now, this state of affairs is a pipe dream.

Assessment of rudeness potential

In the previous part, we talked about unmanned vehicles, which may or may not show rudeness in driving.

This topic has another side.

The ability to anticipate other people's actions is an important element of driving.

Every time you drive, you immediately begin to observe the traffic situation and try to predict what will happen around you.

Will the pedestrian on the side of the road decide to jump out into the street in front of your car?

Will the driver in front of you decide to hit the brakes abruptly instead of slowing down gradually?

Etc.

Human drivers evaluate the situation on the road and make decisions accordingly.

Do you pay attention to brands when you look at other cars on the road?

If you do this, then perhaps you are trying to find brands of cars that are typical for boorish drivers - all this in order to concentrate as much as possible on the case of potential rough actions.

Because of this, your reaction time to the actions of another driver may increase by a split second.

Let's go back to the topic of unmanned vehicles and think about what kind of behavior we want from AI-based car control systems?

An unmanned vehicle that does not anticipate the actions of human drivers properly may encounter problems while driving.

One way or another, there is a possibility that at some point an unmanned vehicle will crash into a man-driven car, or vice versa, a man-driven car will crash into an unmanned car.

Some experts say that if all the cars are unmanned, then there will be no car accidents.

This is just crazy.

Accidents involving unmanned and conventional vehicles will occur. And, as I already said, the mixture of old and new cars on the roads will require a very long time.

I can also add that even if someday there are only unmanned vehicles on the roads, car crashes will still be possible. For example, a pedestrian may rush into the street in front of an unmanned vehicle, and in some cases, physics itself will deny the likelihood that the machine will be able to stop. I hope that accidents will become much less, but they cannot be completely eliminated.

The key point is that we would like self-propelled cars to predict the actions of other cars, especially human-driven cars.

According to statistics, if drivers of certain brands are really more likely to commit boorish acts on the road, then people would like unmanned vehicles to take this factor into account.

Thus, an AI-based car system may be ready to deal with the unexpected actions of human drivers.

If you drive one of the cars from the list, then you may be concerned about the fact that the AI evaluates your driving based on the make or model of your car.

But people do this - so why don't drones do the same?

Some say that if the shoes are in size, then so be it - you yourself have chosen it.

Others are concerned that the AI will unfairly classify certain drivers, not by their explicit actions, but simply by the make of the car.

And, all this can be a slippery slope, given that unmanned vehicles will also take into account other criteria, including, possibly, racial, gender or age. This will cause the AI to predict the behavior of other drivers by discriminating against them.

Conclusion

Believe it or not, some car drivers of “rough brands” are proud of their cars.

They enjoy what other drivers consider them rude.

In fact, their position is that if other drivers keep aloof from them (solely because of the brand of their car), then they are very lucky, and they benefit from this.

This adds another aspect to the topic of unmanned control.

For example, unmanned vehicles tend to give an advantage to “rude” man-driven cars. They will allow these vehicles to crash into a lane or fly into an upcoming left turn.

Does not the classification of rudeness give an advantage to those who unknowingly buy or use a car that is supposedly rude?

People who understand that the AI will give in to them may succumb to the temptation to purposefully buy or rent a “rough” car brand, believing that in this case they will be able to exceed speed or get out of the water after a boorish act while driving. At least when it comes to a world in which unmanned vehicles get on the road.

Another aspect that needs to be considered is the use of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) in terms of driving behavior.

Many car manufacturers and unmanned vehicle companies collect huge amounts of traffic data for use in machine-based and deep learning AI to figure out how best to behave on the road (by identifying patterns in driving habits).

Theoretically, if we all start driving in such a way that rude drivers get away with their actions, then the data collected about the movement will contain the corresponding laws.

AI based on machine or deep learning can calculate these patterns, and so it will drive the car accordingly. All of this will mean that these machines will by their nature foresee rude driving behavior - just as if they would pay attention to brands of other cars (but only if this factor is taken into account in machine learning or deep learning models).

Horror!

In this case, many will say that if we come to this state of affairs (in terms of the attitude of society towards gross driving), this does not mean that it should remain so.

Would we like a new generation of unmanned vehicles to set a new tone and try to reduce or weaken the prevalence of human rudeness in driving?

For those of you who say “yes,” keep in mind that some people will object — as soon as we start using unmanned aerial vehicles to shape a person’s driving behavior, this may be the first step to letting AI direct human behavior in general. And this slippery path can lead to the fact that we all will become slaves to AI (you can read my article, which gives other conspiracy theories related to AI)

If you think about it, it all started with an attempt to cope with rudeness on the roads.

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