COLLISION AVOIDANCE RADAR BRAKING SYSTEMS INVESTIGATION: PHASE I STUDY

The feasibility of an automotive radar braking system suitable for installation on all U.S. automobiles as standard equipment was investigated on the basis of utilizing state-of-the-art technology and demonstrating cost-effective performance in terms of preventing accidents otherwise caused by inattentive or tardy driver response. A technology survey identified several radar brake system concepts existing in demonstrable hardware and capable of automatically responding to and avoiding impact with obstacles on a collision course. To assess the cost-effectiveness of radar brakes, four generalized baseline systems were defined: Automatic/noncooperative; automatic/cooperative; semi-automatic/noncooperative; semi-automatic/cooperative. These four system types were then considered in regard to their effectiveness in preventing accidents of certain categories judged responsive to their respective performance capabilities.

• Corporate Authors:

  Bendix Research Laboratories

  2800 Ten and One-Half Mile Road
  Southfield, MI  United States  48076

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wong, R E
  • Payne, D V
  • Grierson, W O
  • Troll, W C
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 120 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Cost effectiveness; Crash injury research; Crashes; Radar; Research
• Old TRIS Terms: Radar applications
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080954
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: RLD-7299 Final Rpt., HS-801 253
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00913
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 6 1975 12:00AM