It is well known that crashes on horizontal curves are a cause for concern in all countries due to the frequency and severity of crashes at curves compared to road tangents. A recent study of crashes in western Sweden reported a higher rate of crashes in right curves than left curves. To further understand this result, this paper reports the results of novel analyses of the responses of vehicle...

One of the most important and fundamental topics in autonomous navigated vehicle research is lane change maneuver for obstacle avoidance or overtaking maneuver. In literature, path car-like vehicles has widely been generated with geometrically smooth segments by solving boundary conditions under given constraints. This paper proposes a new method continuous curvature generation issue while clot...

The lane change maneuver is among the most popular driving behaviors. It is also the basic element of important maneuvers like overtaking maneuver. Therefore, it is chosen as the focus of this study and novel multi-input multi-output adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system models (MANFIS) are proposed for this behavior. These models are able to simulate and predict the future behavior of a Driver...

This paper presents the results of a cost-effectiveness study concerning the effects of an overtaking prohibition on two lane rural roads. Overtaking prohibitions are being implemented in the Netherlands aiming to improve safety. Overtaking frequency on road sections with and without overtaking prohibition are measured by means of camera observations Overtaking frequencies were determined by co...

One of the most risky maneuvers in roads with both directions in the same carriageway and only one lane for each direction is overtaking another vehicle. To overtake becomes particularly dangerous at night, with bad weather conditions and in curves, due to the diminution of the visibility. This paper presents a system to assist the driver in scenarios of bad visibility for overtaking. The syste...

The rapid development of automated driving technology has brought many emerging technologies. collision avoidance (CA) function by braking and/or steering maneuver advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which contributes to the improvement safety vehicles, been playing an important role in recent modern passenger cars and commercial vehicles. When vehicle needs avoid multiple obstacles at s...

This driving simulator study investigated how mandatory and voluntary ISA might affect a driver's overtaking decisions on rural roads, by presenting drivers with a variety of overtaking scenarios designed to evaluate both the frequency and safety of the manoeuvres. In half the overtaking scenarios, ISA was active and in the remainder ISA was switched off. A rural road was modelled with a number...

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are available on the market whilst the development of existing systems and new systems continues. Improving safety is one of the key purposes of these systems. ADAS would therefore be welcome to support overtaking manoeuvres, since these cause many fatal accidents each year. Before an ADAS could be developed that can assist drivers with overtaking a tho...

On two-lane rural roads, a large number of overtaking accidents tend to happen. Those cause many serious casualties and fatalities. In many cases, inaccurate assessment of the traffic situation is identified as the major cause. Hence, the development of a driver assistance concept for those scenarios promises a high safety benefit. This paper shows the sensory and data-fusion approach to a syst...