https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65857348 BBC Homepage * Skip to content * Accessibility Help * Your account * Home * News * Sport * Reel * Worklife * Travel * Future * More menu More menu Search BBC * Home * News * Sport * Reel * Worklife * Travel * Future * Culture * Music * TV * Weather * Sounds Close menu BBC News Menu * Home * War in Ukraine * Climate * Video * World * US & Canada * UK * Business * Tech * Science More * Stories * Entertainment & Arts * Health * In Pictures * Reality Check * World News TV * Newsbeat * Long Reads * England * Regions * Nottingham Driverless cars: Researcher disguises himself as car seat in study This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Driverless cars: Researcher disguises himself as car seat in study Close A study to test people's reactions to driverless cars has used a "ghost driver" to record their responses. The work, by the University of Nottingham, found that, in the absence of someone in the driving seat, pedestrians trust certain visual prompts more than others when deciding whether to cross the road. As part of the study, a car was driven around the university's campus over several days with its driver - research fellow David R. Large - concealed in the driver's seat. Mr Large, senior research fellow with the Human Factors Research Group at the university, said: "We wanted to explore how pedestrians would interact with a driverless car and developed this unique methodology to explore their reactions." Video journalist: Alex Thorp Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. * Subsection Nottingham * Published 14 hours ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Read description Explore more * Driver disguises himself as car seat for study. 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