A Cost-Sensitive Approach to Deriving Accurate Vehicle Dynamics Information for Retrofit or Aftermarket DSRC Vehicle Safety Devices

The U.S Government and the automotive industry have developed and tested prototype systems to evaluate the effectiveness of using Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) for vehicle safety and non-safety applications. While initial test results have indicated promise for these systems, benefits for cooperative vehicle safety applications are proportional to the number of vehicles equipped. Systems tested to date have used expensive, high-performance, “fully embedded” architectures to prove these systems are technically feasible. To expedite reaching installed equipment penetration levels necessary to provide visible collision avoidance benefits to drivers on a regular basis, viable deployment scenarios include options for retrofit or aftermarket devices for equipping the existing vehicle fleet. This paper provides test results comparing currently used and more cost-effective methods of obtaining accurate and timely dynamic vehicle information (i.e., yaw rate and longitudinal acceleration).

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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• Authors:
  • Wells, Bryan
• Conference:
  • ITS America 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition
  • Location: Houston TX, United States
  • Date: 2010-5-3 to 2010-5-5
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: ITS America 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Crash avoidance systems; Dedicated short range communications; Information systems; Technological innovations; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle safety; Yaw
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aftermarket systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01342841
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2011 9:07AM