This German startup tackles the next challenge in self-driving cars: anticipating unpredictable human behaviour

A number of startups are trying to solve the problem by building human behaviour data sets that help self-driving car systems predict and understand human behaviour more accurately. — SCMP

Drivers and pedestrians are expected to follow the road rules they learned in school but in reality, that is often not the case. Pedestrians cross against a red light if the road is clear. Drivers lose patience in slow traffic and cut into the next lane when they see an opening.

While today’s autonomous driving systems have made great progress in avoiding accidents by using sensors and cameras they are still a long way from being able to accurately anticipate what an unpredictable human being might do. Experts say that technical limitation will slow the widespread adoption of autonomous driving in urban and city environments.