New Safety Concept and Solution

As a result of the significant increase of traffic accidents with the development of motorization, it has now become an issue in each country to reduce the number of accidents and the number of fatal and serious injuries. This paper, by analyzing the process leading to an accident, seeks to establish an Innovative Safety Concept, combining an Active Safety System and a Passive Safety System, and to address this issue. To reduce accidents, carmakers are developing various ADAS (Advanced Driving Assist Systems), and the market for them is now in its infancy. For instance, ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) and LKAS (Lane Keep Assist System) were introduced in Japan early in 2000, and more recently, the “Collision Speed Reduction” braking system and LSF (Low Speed Following System) were launched on the market. What we need to bear in mind, regarding the introduction of ADAS, is not only the effectiveness of each system in reducing accidents, but also the concept of the operating range of each system, in other words, the compatibility among the systems in their range of operation. This paper gives the name “Safety Shield Concept” to the innovative safety concept advocated by Nissan, and aims to introduce its basic concept and to introduce systems to put that concept into practice.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Akatsu, Yousuke
• Conference:
  • 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting
  • Location: New York NY, United States
  • Date: 2008-11-16 to 2008-11-20
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: ITS Connections: Saving Time. Saving Lives

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic braking; Autonomous intelligent cruise control; Crash avoidance systems; Driver support systems; Fatalities; Highway safety; Injury severity; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lane departures
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01144569
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 2009 2:59PM