Avoiding blind spots of other vehicles

A system for maneuvering a first vehicle, the method comprising one or more processors configured to:

• receive sensor data collected by one or more sensors of a first vehicle traveling in a first lane;
• detect from the sensor data, a second vehicle traveling at a first speed and being located at a first location corresponding to traveling in the first lane in front of the first vehicle;
• detect from the sensor data, a third vehicle traveling at a second speed and being located at a second location corresponding to traveling in a second lane adjacent to the first lane;
• determine from the detected first speed, first location, second speed, and second location, that the second vehicle is in the process of overtaking the third vehicle;
• based on the determination that the second vehicle is in the process of overtaking the third vehicle, maneuver the first vehicle in order to wait until the second vehicle completely overtakes the third vehicle before attempting to overtake a fourth vehicle traveling in a lane adjacent to the first lane;
• and
• after the second vehicle has completely overtaken the third vehicle, maneuver the first vehicle to overtake the third vehicle in order to reduce an amount of time spent by the first vehicle in a blind spot area of the fourth vehicle.

A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium on which computer readable instructions of a program are stored, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for maneuvering a first vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving sensor data collected by one or more sensors of a first vehicle traveling in a first lane;
• detecting from the sensor data, a second vehicle traveling at a first speed and being located at a first location corresponding to traveling in the first lane in front of the first vehicle;
• detecting from the sensor data, a third vehicle traveling at a second speed and being located at a second location corresponding to traveling in a second lane adjacent to the first lane;
• determining from the detected first speed, first location, second speed, and second location, that the second vehicle is in the process of overtaking the third vehicle;
• based on the determination that the second vehicle is in the process of overtaking the third vehicle, maneuvering the first vehicle in order to wait until the second vehicle completely overtakes the third vehicle before attempting to overtake a fourth vehicle traveling in a lane adjacent to the first lane;
• and
• after the second vehicle has completely overtaken the third vehicle, maneuvering the first vehicle to overtake the fourth vehicle in order to reduce an amount of time spent by the first vehicle in a blind spot area of the fourth vehicle.