MULTIPLE REAR-END COLLISIONS IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC, THEIR CAUSES AND THEIR AVOIDANCE
THE SENSITIVITY FACTOR OF STIMULUS-RESPONSE CAR FOLLOWING EQUATIONS WAS COMPUTED. VEHICLES OF A PLATOON ARE INVESTIGATED AS THEY APPROACH, PROCEED THROUGH, AND LEAVE BEHIND A KINEMATIC DISTURBANCE, AND AN INHERENT LOCAL AND ASYMPTOTIC INSTABILITY IS DISCOVERED. AERIAL SURVEY DATA ARE USED IN A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW MULTIPLE REAR-END COLLISIONS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY ONE VEHICLE. A DRIVER AID SYSTEM COULD IMPROVE STABILITY, ALTHOUGH THE FINAL ANSWER APPEARS TO LIE IN AUTOMATED OR SEMI-AUTOMATED LONGITUDINAL CONTROL SYSTEMS /HSL/
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Supplemental Notes:
- 17 Pp, 5 ReF
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Corporate Authors:
Ohio State University, Columbus
190 North Oval Drive
Columbus, OH United States 43210 -
Authors:
- Treiterer, J
- Nemeth, Z A
- Publication Date: 1970
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aerial surveying; Automatic control; Car following; Multiple vehicle crashes; Rear end crashes; Traffic flow; Traffic platooning
- Old TRIS Terms: Aerial surveys
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00221018
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Sep 21 1970 12:00AM