Advanced Vehicle Collision Safety Systems

1997PDFResearch PaperCollisionsIntelligent transportation systemsHazardsWarning systemsMotor vehicle navigational aidsAlertnessPhysiologyDriversMotorist aid systemsITS architectureITS standardsIn-vehicle electronic driver aidsAccident preventionSafety and human factorsUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationUnited States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationUS Transportation CollectionFor several years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sought to reduce highway accidents through effective and practical in-vehicle electronic driver aids and warning systems. The national ITS program has strengthened the support base for focused research into why collisions occur and how the development of intelligenttechnologies will prevent them. Dramatic advances in sensing devices and computational power now offer a real possibility to develop in-vehicle systems that can alert drivers to hazardous situations and impending collisions, and could even take temporary control of the vehicle to avoid a collision. Other innovations could monitor the driver?s physiological condition, improve the driver's effective vision or otherwise alert the operator to potential hazards. NHTSA's advanced collision avoidance and vehicle safety systems program seeks to deepen understanding of the causes of collisions, identify and evaluate potential solutions, and work in partnership with industry to facilitate the development and deployment of effective collision avoidance products. 20 p., tables75