Driverless cars are becoming jerks — and they’re safer because of it
Tuesday, 29 July 2025 ()
AI-powered AVs are increasingly honking, taking sharper turns, rolling through stop signs, or edging into crosswalks — mimicking human behavior that ironically could make them safer vehicles.
The vehicles use AI to observe and shadow human behavior as they traverse millions of miles of roadways. Tesla’s Shadow Mode, for example, quietly monitors human driving, comparing it to the system’s own choices to improve autonomous performance over time, according to Jonathan Davenport, a Gartner senior director analyst.
“However, this also raises an important question: should AVs mimic all human behavior?” he said. “While some human adaptations are beneficial, such as knowing when to be assertive in traffic, others — like speeding or rolling stops — are illegal. Striking the right balance is key, because we need to teach vehicles to drive like the best versions of ourselves— not the average ones.
University of San Francisco engineering professor William Riggs, who has been studying Waymo advances as he rides in AVs multiple times a week, recently told
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