Development of a Driver Vehicle Module (DVM) for the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM)

2007Distribution number: HRDS-02/11-07(WEB)EPDFTech ReportFHWA-HRT-08-019Driver vehicle interfacesHighway safetyDriver performanceUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research and Technology ServicesLevison, W. H.Campbell, John L.Kludt, K.Bittner, Alvah C. (Alvah Curtis)Potts, Ingrid B.Harwood, Douglas W.Hutton, Jessica M.Gilmore, D. K.Howe, J. GavinChristos, J. P.Allen, R. WadeKantowitz, Barry H.Robbins, Thomas AdamSchreiner, Christopher S.BattelleUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research and Technology ServicesTurner-Fairbank Highway Research CenterFederal Highway AdministrationThe Federal Highway Administration is currently developing an integrated set of software tools to improve highway design, the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM). The IHSDM is a suite of software analysis tools for evaluating safety and operational effects of geometric design decisions on two-lane rural highways. The IHSDM provides highway project planners, designers, and reviewers in State and local departments of transportation and engineering consulting firms with a suite of safety evaluation tools to support these assessments. As currently implemented in the latest public release version, the IHSDM includes the following five components: (1) Policy Review Module, (2) Design Consistency Module, (3) Crash Prediction Module, (4) Traffic Analysis Module, and (5) Intersection Review Module. A sixth module, the Driver Vehicle Module (DVM), is a candidate for future release.This report provides a complete technical description of the DVM. Specifically, it provides a description of the specification, verification, and calibration/validation of the DVM for the passenger vehicle and the heavy vehicle component, along with additional functionality enhancements.75