Researchers believe that driverless car software in the future may need to have settings based on gender and age.
The battle of the sexes still rages over whether men or women make better drivers. But when it comes to driverless cars, a new study published in the journalhas found that women are better at taking back control of the vehicle when required, exhibiting significantly faster reaction times, more stable wheel control and fewer hasty manoeuvres.
Previous studies have shown that women in general are less positive about the idea of driverless cars, but researchers said the new results show they are actually able to use and interact with them better than men. Level 3 automated vehicles allow drivers to be disengaged from driving and safely perform other tasks.
For the research, 33 women and 43 men were asked to totally disengage from driving, and instead read aloud from a news website on an iPad.
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