DRIVER RESPONSE TO RADAR BRAKES

A "BLACK-BOX" SYSTEM DEFINITION IS MADE FOR AN AUTOMATIC BRAKING-CONTROL SYSTEM THAT EMPLOYS RADAR AS THE FOREIGN- OBJECT DETECTOR AND BRAKE-SYSTEM ACTUATOR. INPUT, ANALYSIS (COMPUTER CALCULATIONS), AND OUTPUT ARE DESCRIBED, AND A SIX-POINT SPECIFICATION IS NOTED. A TEST CAR WAS MANUFACTURED AND WAS DRIVEN BY 10 PERSONS WHOSE RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE ARE SUMMARIZED. A GENERAL CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE SYSTEM COMPLICATED INSTEAD OF SIMPLIFIED DRIVER DECISION-MAKING.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/37/37-025.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 37, pp 369-374. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Versace, J
  • Gau, L
  • PLATZER, G
• Publication Date: 1958

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 6-10, 1958
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 37
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Braking; Decision making; Drivers; Radar
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223534
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 27 1971 12:00AM