RUN-OFF-ROAD COLLISION AVOIDANCE COUNTERMEASURES USING IVHS COUNTERMEASURES, TASK 3. VOLUME 2

The Run-Off-Road Collision Avoidance Using IVHS Countermeasures program is to address the single vehicle crash problem through application of technology to prevent and/or reduce the severity of these crashes. This report describes the findings of the driving simulator experiments conducted for Task 3. In these experiments, 64 subjects drove a simulated vehicle over a 40-minute course on the Iowa Driving Simulator (IDS), a six degree-of-freedom, moving-base simulator with a wide field-of-view image generation system. For 48 of the subjects, the vehicle was equipped with lateral and longitudinal countermeasures to warn the driver of roadway departure danger. Different subjects experienced a variety of countermeasure algorithms and driver interfaces, including auditory, haptic and combined auditory and haptic displays. There were also 16 subjects who drove the same simulated course, but received no countermeasure support. Results suggest that the roadway departure countermeasures have potential for preventing crashes. Driver interfaces that provide information about the appropriate driver response appear to have some performance benefit. Either auditory or haptic displays appear promising, but a combination auditory and haptic display appeared to produce driver overload.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13561
• Corporate Authors:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Robotics Institute, 5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213-3890

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tijerina, L
  • Jackson, J L
  • Pomerleau, D A
  • Romano, R A
  • Perterson, A
• Publication Date: 1995-8-23

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 197 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash avoidance systems; Crash severity; Driving simulators; Experiments; Information display systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Prevention; Ran off road crashes; Safety; Single vehicle crashes; Tactile perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Auditory displays
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00736805
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-808 502, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-93-C-07023
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 2 1997 12:00AM