Slowing ourselves down: Autonomous cars speed up traffic, study shows

According to new research, a fleet of driverless cars working in unison can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 per cent. Photo: Jochen Tack/imageBROKER/dpa

You might fancy yourself as a bit of racer, but researchers have found that the very fact that you're human means you're probably slowing down traffic. 

According to a study by the university of Cambridge, a fleet of driverless cars working in unison can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35%.