78 1094-7167/01/$10.00 © 2001 IEEE IEEE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS avoidance technologies, enhance the driver’s ability to sense the surrounding environment. Driver assistance and automation technologies simulate the driver’s sensorimotor system to operate a vehicle either temporarily during emergencies or for prolonged periods. Such new information and control technologies that make vehicles smarter ...

This paper presents a new concept for future cars combining potentials of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and X-by-Wire technology. Based on current developments in technology ADAS will cover a great part of standard traffic situations and offer assistance on the conducting level to the driver. As a result, in addition to basic driving functions on stabilising level assumed as fundame...

In this paper, two newly developed driver models are presented. They are applied to the evaluation of two driver assistance systems. First, a longitudinal driver model is developed based on measured driving data, which is subsequently used to evaluate the impact of Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) vehicles on traffic flow. A lateral driver model based on the model predictive control principle is t...

In September 2008 new regulations for managing heavy vehicle driver fatigue entered into force in Australia. According to the new regulations there is a chain of responsibility ranging from drivers to dispatchers and shippers and thus, carriers must explicitly consider driving and working hour regulations when generating truck driver schedules. This paper presents and studies the Australian Tru...

objectives: one of the applications of ergonomics disciplinary is designing driver workstation compatible to users’ characteristics. the aim of this study was evaluation of interior design of shoka vehicle with respect to the accommodation for iranian population and proposing suggestions for customizing design of the vehicle. methods: this study was a descriptive-analytical study conducted amon...

Research was undertaken to determine vehicle size parameters influencing driver fatality odds, independent of mass, in two-vehicle collisions. Forty vehicle parameters were evaluated for 1,500 vehicle groupings. Logistic regression analyses show driver factors (belt use, age, drinking) collectively contribute more to fatality odds than vehicle factors, and that mass is the most important vehicu...

This paper argues that the driving task exhibits the properties of complex systems. Driving behavior emerges from the intricate and complex interactions between the driver, the vehicle and the environment. An emerging driving behavior could not necessary be linearly predicted. However a context-aware system could assist the driver in augmenting the probability of undertaking safe behavior. Unli...

In an automated vehicle, the driver becomes a passenger. It is said that the driver seldom gets motion sickness or carsickness compared to passengers. This suggests that motion sickness could be a problem in highly automated vehicles. The present paper will discuss motion sickness in automated driving, including countermeasures using a new vehicle control method. Topics / Automated driving, Car...

In this paper we consider a variant of the open vehicle routing problem in which vehicles depart from the depot, visit a set of customers and end their routes at special nodes called driver nodes. A driver node can be the home of the driver or a parking lot where the vehicle will stay overnight. The resulting problem is referred to as the open vehicle routing problem with driver nodes (OVRP-d)....

The increased crash risk of young, novice drivers, especially in their teenage years, has been a growing concern at both the state and federal levels. Teenage drivers are involved in fatal crashes at more than double the rate of the rest of the population per 100 000 licensed drivers. The best way of stemming these losses is to enact laws adopting graduated licensure systems that restrict young...