CRASH AVOIDANCE HOLDS KEY TO SAFER US HIGHWAYS

This article gives an overview of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)- related crash avoidance programs that are being adopted by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). After discussing the seven types of collisions that are currently being addressed in the NHTSA collision avoidance program, the article looks at different projects including Automatic Collision Notification (ACN), Data Acquisition System for Crash Avoidance Research (DASCAR) System for Assessing the Vehicle Motion Environment (SAVME), the Variable Dynamic Testbed Vehicle (VDTV), and intelligent cruise control (ICC).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: September 1996
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Nippon Shingo Kabushiki Kaisha

  ,    

  W.S. Atkins Consultants Limited

  Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road
  Epsom, Surry  United Kingdom  KT18 5BW

  Orbital Sciences Corporation

  ,    

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Office of Crash Avoidance Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Burgett, August
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 94-98
• Serial:
  • ITS international. Issue no. 6
  • Publisher: ITS America

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00787119
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM