&gt;And in cities where it is customary for human drivers to anticipate the red light turning to green by inching into the intersection prematurely, will the driverless automobile allow for the custom?<p>I can&#x27;t believe they are describing this as a custom rather than a dangerous behavior born of impatience.  I grew up in a place where people did this and it only took one close call with a clearly drunk driver flying through a red across the intersection in front of me to make me stop for good.  Why would anyone design a self driving vehicle to emulate this behavior?