Research reveals driverless cars could make traffic slower

Research reveals driverless cars could make traffic slowerThere is a lot of research showing that automated vehicles can improve safety. “There is a lot of research showing that automated vehicles can improve safety. The researchers accounted for four types of vehicles: human-driven vehicles (HVs); connected vehicles (CVs) — which are driven by humans, but share information with other connected vehicles and with the control system that manages traffic lights; automated vehicles (AVs); and connected automated vehicles (CAVs). For example, the researchers looked at how traffic would be affected by various combinations of HVs, AVs, CVs and CAVs. “However, it’s difficult and expensive to assemble a mixed fleet of HVs, AVs, CVs, and CAVs in a connected traffic-control system.