This report considers and answers the question of whether driving simulation can be used to reliably predict changes in real-world crash risk. Following a review of the main issues relating to simulator validity and fidelity, including advantages and disadvantages of using driving simulators compared to test-track, or on-road, instrumented vehicle research, descriptions of a number of popular s...

Identification of driver state is a desirable element of many proposed vehicle active safety systems (e.g., collision detection and avoidance, automated highway, and road departure warning systems). In this paper, driver state assessment is considered in the context of a road departure warning and intervention system. A system identification approach, using vehicle lateral position as the input...

While drivers’ speed behaviour has been widely studied, only marginal attention to the speed behaviour at intersections has been dedicated and more research is needed. Aim of this study was: (1) to evaluate if the intersections significantly affect drivers’ speed along the major road; (2) to quantify this interaction in terms of both speed change at the center of the intersection and speed prof...

BACKGROUND Improvements in driving simulator performance have been demonstrated in patients with sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS) after several months of treatment, but it is not known how quickly these improvements are achieved and lost. The aim of this study was to assess the time course of changes in driving simulator performance in patients with SAHS following treatment with continuou...

this paper presents the kinematic analysis and the development of a 4-degree-of-freedom serial-parallel mechanism for large commercial vehicle driving simulators. the degrees of freedom are selected according to the target maneuvers and the structure of human motion perception organs. several kinematic properties of parallel part of the mechanism under study are investigated, including the inve...

Background: Improvements in driving simulator performance have been demonstrated in patients with sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS) after several months of treatment, but it is not known how quickly these improvements are achieved and lost. The aim of this study was to assess the time course of changes in driving simulator performance in patients with SAHS following treatment with continuo...

In spring 2002, the Center for Advanced Traffic System Simulation (CATSS), at the University of Central Florida, acquired a sophisticated reconfigurable driving simulator. This driving simulator is capable of supporting research in driving simulation, driver training, traffic engineering and human factors. However, it is crucial to assess the validation of the driving simulator since the credib...

A simple simulator for evaluating the physical capabilities of severely handicapped prospective drivers was developed and evaluated. The simulator presents a two-dimensional tracking task to be carried out using the driving controls of the Scott van, which is a uni-lever servo-controlled vehicle designed for the severely impaired. Twenty-five able-bodied subjects were tested on the simulator an...

Objective: It is believed that drivers play a crucial role in accidents. Paying attention to brake lights, a driver may find out about danger and react. Rear-end collision accidents refer to the part of the accidents due to driver inattention or slow reaction. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of dynamic flashing brake lights (7 Hz) on drivers' brake reaction time using the driv...