PREDICTING AND RESPONDING TO CUT IN VEHICLES AND ALTRUISTIC RESPONSES

A vehicle navigation system for detecting and responding to a cut-in by a target vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle navigation system includes at least one processor configured to receive image data captured by an image capture device of the host vehicle; identify, based on analysis of the image data, a target vehicle traveling in a lane adjacent to a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; determine, based on analysis of the image data, that a predetermined cut in sensitivity change factor is present; and based on the determination that the predetermined cut in sensitivity change factor is present, cause a navigational response in the host vehicle.