Google to make driverless cars act more like humans after complaints they are too polite

The Telegraph reports:

Google's driverless cars are to drive more like humans by cutting corners and edging forward into junctions, after the vehicles' cautious nature were seen as potential factors in accidents involving human drivers.

The self-driving vehicles have racked up more than a million miles on California's roads, but often drive mechanically and with extreme care, leading to abrupt braking that human drivers do not anticipate.

In response, Google is trying to teach its cars to drive "more humanistically", according to Chris Urmson, the head of the company's self-driving car project.

Imagine that.