EXPERIMENTAL AND SURVEY BASED EVALUATION OF A LOW-COST ABS-SYSTEM (ABS-COMPACT)

"ABS-compact" has been developed providing full ABS-functionality combined with two typical characteristics: the operational duration of an ABS-braking is limited (in ABS-mode to standstill from 150 km/h on wet or dry roads, 135 km/h on snowed up roads and 65 km/h on icy roads) and during an ABS-braking the brake pedal is slowly moving downwards (receding brake pedal) by the driver but without the ABS-typical pulsation. Braking experiments on a test track were carried out with a sample of 64 "naive" drivers in a subcompact car. In addition to that a survey with 500 representative quoted subjects - again all subcompact car drivers - was carried out. Objectives of the study have been the determination of driver- and system behaviour with ABS-compact, the overall product acceptance of the system and the differences to the usual ABS-system. During the braking with usual ABS a higher level of brake pressure was observed. Although there was less brake pressure input with the ABS-compact system, exactly the same deceleration and stopping distance rates for both systems were detected on low friction. With both systems a similar learning process was observed. From the first to the fifth braking the pressure input was increasing continually. The acceptance of ABS-compact is on the whole determined by three factors: the price difference, the duration of ABS-function and the perception of the system especially of the pedal characteristic. The statements of the subjects concerning these factors let expect a high product acceptance. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 882109.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Automotive Automotion Limited

  42 Lloyd Park Avenue
  Croydon CRO 5SB, Surrey,   England 
• Authors:
  • BROCKMAN, M
  • BECKER, S
  • HOFMANN, O
  • Mertens, A
  • MIHM, J
  • SONNTAG, A
  • SONNTAG, J
  • FEIGEL, H J
  • RIETH, P
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 28TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION (ISATA)
  • Location: Stuttgart , Germany
  • Date: 1995-9-18 to 1995-9-22
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 449-57

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Antilock brake systems; Automobiles; Behavior; Braking; Conferences; Costs; Drivers; Perception; Size
• ITRD Terms: 1461: Anti locking device; 9001: Behaviour; 1874: Braking; 1243: Car; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9014: Dimension; 1772: Driver; 2229: Perception
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00726517
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-947719-74-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 28 1996 12:00AM