Development of a Driving Simulator for Education of Safe Driving on Expressways

Even expressways, on which driving is safer than on ordinary roads, have hazards to safe driving such as driving errors, effects by other vehicles, adverse weather, etc. Though many measures for safety have been taken, their effects are generally limited and do not last long. To solve the problem the authors think it is important to raise the safety consciousness of the drivers. Giving them experiences related to traffic accidents is a way for raising their consciousness of safe driving on expressways. However, it is impossible to realise such situations on real expressways. Therefore, the authors have developed a driving simulator (DS) with recent virtual reality (VR) technology to reproduce various driving scenarios with hazards on expressways. With the DS drivers can experience scenarios related to accidents and understand the importance of safe driving, their individual driving behaviour and limits. The DS can be easily taken with a conventional truck to rest areas of expressways and therefore many drivers can use it for safety education. This paper describes its outline and the authors' plans to use it.

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• Authors:
  • Mitsuishi, Akira
  • Nishimura, Toru
  • Xing, Jian
  • Nakamura, Ken
• Conference:
  • 17th ITS World Congress
  • Location: Busan , Korea, South
  • Date: 2010-10-25 to 2010-10-29
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: 17th ITS World Congress, Busan, 2010: Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver improvement programs; Driving simulators; Expressways; Roadside hazards; Traffic crashes; Virtual reality
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01365944
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 22 2012 8:39AM