It has been proposed that the current design of in-vehicle displays may not be appropriate for the older driver. This paper describes an empirical, road-based investigation of the benefits to older and younger drivers of providing landmarks within the instructions presented by an in-vehicle navigation system. Thirty two participants navigated a challenging urban route using either landmarks or ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of landmark information of varying quality within drivers' navigation instructions on driving and navigation performance when navigating an unfamiliar route. BACKGROUND Current vehicle navigation systems predominantly use distance-to-turn information to enable a driver to locate a forthcoming maneuver. Although it has been pr...

It has been proposed that the current design of in-vehicle displays may not be appropriate for the older driver. This paper describes an empirical, road-based investigation of the benefits to older and younger drivers of providing landmarks within the instructions presented by an in-vehicle navigation system. Thirty two participants navigated a challenging urban route using either landmarks or ...

Nowadays, reducing the energy and fuel consumption of road vehicles is a key issue. Different strategies have been proposed. One of them is to promote Eco-driving behaviour among drivers. Most Eco-driving tips take into account only the road stretch where the vehicle is located. However, larger improvements could be achieved if information from subsequent stretches is used. The main objective o...

For the last 10 years, Carnegie Mellon University has been building increasingly competent systems for autonomous driving. Our approach has been to develop smart vehicles, capable of driving in natural outdoor environments without intervehicle communication or infrastructure modifications. Our computer-controlled vehicles now drive themselves at speeds up to 55 mph and for distances of over 90 ...

In the development of driver adaptive and context aware active safety applications, driver–vehicle interaction signals offer excellent opportunities for advanced system design, yet limited progress has been realised. The implementation of driver adaptive and context aware systems requires longer time windows to analyse the current status of the driver and/or traffic situation ahead. In this stu...

Despite numerous recent advances in the classroom and in-vehicle driver training education over last quarter-century, traffic accidents remain a leading cause of mortality for young adults—particularly, those between ages 16 19. Obviously, despite conventional (e.g., classroom, in-vehicle, Graduated Driver Licensing programs), this remains critical public safety health concern. As advanced vehi...

Michael angelasTro, p.e., pToe inTroducTion The objective of this paper is to establish that vehicle speeds and crash rates at modern roundabouts in the United States are related to driver sight distance. This paper investigated the relationship between driver sight distance and passenger vehicle speeds and vehicle crash rates at roundabouts in the United States based on data collected at 26 si...

KARYON, a kernel-based architecture for safety-critical control, is a European project that proposes a new perspective to improve performance of smart vehicle coordination focusing on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADASs) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The key objective is to provide system solutions for predictable and safe coordination of smart vehicles that autonomously cooperate an...

It has been proposed that the current design of in-vehicle displays may not be appropriate for the older driver. This paper describes an empirical, road-based investigation of the benefits to older and younger drivers of providing landmarks within the instructions presented by an in-vehicle navigation system. Thirty two participants navigated a challenging urban route using either landmarks or ...