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Reset to zero and specify safety systems according to real world needs
conference contribution
posted on 2008-12-05, 11:23 authored by Nikolaos Gkikas, Julian HillJulian Hill, John H. RichardsonEmergency Brake Assist (EBA), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and
alternative instantiations of intelligent vehicle control systems aspire to support the driver in
controlling the vehicle and alleviate the incidents that would lead to collisions and injury.
This paper resets to zero and based on data from the On-The-Spot (OTS) accident study
challenges the capability of active safety systems to aim at the sources of longitudinal control
failures. The road user interactions file from 3024 road accidents in Thames Valley and
Nottinghamshire in UK was analysed. Interactions where “failure to stop” or “sudden
braking” is the precipitating factor are analysed and the main contributory factors are
identified. Some of those factors are addressed by current and coming technologies – like low
road friction, excessive speed and close following, but significantly neglect to address other
common ones – like distraction, failure to judge other person’s path, failure to look, and
“look but did not see” instances.
History
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- Design
Citation
GKIKAS, N., HILL, J.R. and RICHARDSON, J.H., 2008. Reset to zero and specify safety systems according to real world needs. IN: [Proceedings of] 10th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation, 28-30 May, Athens (AATT 2008).Publisher
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Publication date
2008Notes
This is a conference paper. Further details of this conference can be found at: http://www.civil.ntua.gr/aatt/Language
- en