The number of safety assistants built into cars is steadily growing, and yet our driving style changes when we assume the software will intervene before we make certain mistakes. Photo: dpa
Park assist, automatic distance control, pre-crash warnings: Driver assistance systems are above all designed to increase road safety, and yet new research suggests an over-reliance on digital aids could be leading people to drive more recklessly.
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States say the move to machine-aided driving appears not only to be adding to behind-the-wheel tensions, but could be making people even less cooperative in traffic.
