Humans have millions of years of evolution, particularly at selecting for predictive behavior within real world physics (sight the prey, lead the shot, kill the

Humans have millions of years of evolution, particularly at selecting for predictive behavior within real world physics (sight the prey, lead the shot, kill the prey; avoid the predator, etc). Combine that with past experience about what the shape of the roadway is, and a human can fill in a LOT of missing data and correctly read clues to get a 'good enough' update on the situation and move forward. Usually that's along the lines of: follow the car in front of me, and match their changes in motion to avoid the badness. As long as things work, which they will most of the the time on a freeway where no one's screwing around, you'll get out of the other side without issue.