Roadside versus in-car speed support for green wave: Driving simulator study

A green wave on a road enables a driver to negotiate a sequence of signalized intersections without hitting red. This is accomplished by the coupling of a series of signalized intersections. This is an advantage for driver comfort, for flow and safety on the road network, and for the environment. Providing speed advice may help the driver to...

A simulation framework for modelling the impact of an integrated road-vehicle system on local air quality

A 5 generation reference model for intelligent cars in the Twenty-First Century

Sensors and communication electronics will ease the motorist’s life, improve the utilisation of road capacity and reduce emission levels in the coming decades. But all in its own time. Replacing technology is a gradual, evolutionary process. This paper describes the possible development of intelligent cars in the twenty-first century based as a...

A new user centered approach to the design of driver support systems

Abstract—This paper presents a new product design method that gives users a proactive role in the design process. Within a dedicated design environment, users are allowed to create their own designs and immediately test these in a wide variety of scenarios. By letting users realistically interact with their personal creations, designers can...

Benchmarking promotion and deployment activities regarding intelligent vehicle safety systems in the EU

This paper presents the results of a Benchmarking study performed in the European Union on Awareness and Promotion & Deployment activities related to Intelligent Vehicle Safety (IVS) systems (1). The study, commissioned by the European Commission under the Intelligent Car Initiative (a i2010 flagship initiative), consisted of three phases:...

Traffic flow impacts of a congestion assistant

Influence of unexpected events on driving behaviour at different hierarchical levels: A driving simulator experiment

Speed distributions at a controlled junction using microscopic real data from image processing

Modeling realistic driving behavior at signalized junctions is fundamental for many applications, for instance for determining the signal capacity or for estimating traffic emissions. For these measures, the knowledge of speed, acceleration and deceleration of individual vehicles passing the signal is crucial. This paper analyses these...

Drivers' behavioural reactions to unexpected events: influence of workload, environment and driver characteristics

Many subtasks are relevant simultaneously when driving at urban intersections. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) can support the driver in this complex task. For a well-guided development and evaluatoin process of ADAS, insight into how different driving tasks influence each other is needed. Earlier research has shown that the...

Roadside versus in-car speed support for a green wave: A driving simulator study

Influence of unexpected events on driving behaviour at different hierarchical levels: A driving simulator experiment

Computer based simulation models of human driving behaviour can be used effectively to model driving and behavioural adaptation to Intelligent Transport System (ITS). This can be a useful step in human centered design of ITS. To construct a comprehensive model of driving behaviour, the interaction between the three levels of the driving task has...

Environmentally friendly traffic management system using integrated road-vehicle system

Local habitability is coming under increasing pressure from harmful traffic emissions. This emission is strongly correlated to the characteristics and dynamics of traffic: type of vehicle, speed, acceleration and deceleration. This paper investigates the use of integrated road-vehicle systems for environmental objectives. It defines a new...