Predicting and responding to cut in vehicles and altruistic responses

A vehicle navigation system comprising:

• a memory including instructions;
• and
• circuitry that, when in operation, is configured by the instructions to:
• identify a target vehicle in an environment of a vehicle that includes the vehicle navigation system;
• receive image data of the target vehicle from at least one image capture device of the vehicle;
• identify, based on analysis of the image data, one or more situational characteristics of the target vehicle, the situational characteristics of the target including an indication that the target vehicle has an activated blinker;
• and
• change a navigational state of the vehicle to allow an action of the target vehicle, the vehicle configured to cause the change in the navigational state based on a determination that the one or more situational characteristics, including the activated blinker, indicate that the target vehicle would benefit from the change in the navigational state.

A vehicle comprising:

• at least one image capture device;
• and
• a vehicle navigation system configured to:
• identify a target vehicle in an environment of the vehicle;
• receive image data of the target vehicle from the at least one image capture device;
• identify, based on analysis of the image data, one or more situational characteristics of the target vehicle, the situational characteristics of the target including an indication that the target vehicle has an activated blinker;
• and
• change a navigational state of the vehicle to allow an action of the target vehicle, the vehicle configured to cause the change in the navigational state based on a determination that the one or more situational characteristics, including the activated blinker, indicate that the target vehicle would benefit from the change in the navigational state.

At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by circuitry of a vehicle component for a vehicle, cause the circuitry to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a target vehicle in an environment of the vehicle;
• receiving image data of the target vehicle from at least one image capture device of the vehicle;
• identifying, based on analysis of the image data, one or more situational characteristics of the target vehicle, the situational characteristics of the target including an indication that the target vehicle has an activated blinker;
• and
• changing a navigational state of the vehicle to allow an action of the target vehicle, the vehicle configured to cause the change in the navigational state based on a determination that the one or more situational characteristics, including the activated blinker, indicate that the target vehicle would benefit from the change in the navigational state.