Evaluation of Forward Collision Warning System for Urban Driving

Commercially available forward collision warning systems (FCWS) have been designed for highway use, with traffic moving in regular patterns on roadways with modest curvature. The development and the evaluation of an FCWS for urban driving are described. An urban FCWS is significantly more complicated because of irregular movements of subject (equipped) and target vehicles, as well as the presence of many static objects close to the vehicle’s path (parked cars, street furniture, etc.). The prototype FCWS was tested for 1 year on two urban transit buses in public service in San Mateo County, California, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Analysis of the data collected from these tests shows that the FCWS produced favorable changes in driving behavior, generally leading bus operators to drive more cautiously and consistently. The tests did not continue long enough to determine long-term changes in driving behavior or carryover effects after FCWS use ended, so additional testing is needed to address those issues.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2000-13
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• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Evaluation+of+Forward+Collision+Warning+System+for+Urban+Driving&author=W.+Zhang&author=S.+Shladover&author=Y.+Zhang&publication_year=2007
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• Authors:
  • Zhang, Wei-Bin
  • Shladover, Steven E
  • Zhang, Yongquan
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 106-113
• Monograph Title: Intelligent Transportation Systems and Vehicle–Highway Automation 2007
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2000
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Bus drivers; Crash avoidance systems; Data collection; Prototype tests; Transit buses; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania); San Mateo County (California)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01049286
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309104265
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 8 2007 6:19PM