This paper discusses the concept of a structurally safe traffic system. The crucial question is how potential errors occurring in traffic can be reduced by revising the layout of the road environment. Two considerations play an important role: inherent safety and self-explaining properties. Inherent safety refers to the reduction of potentially dangerous encounters. Traffic systems having self-...

1 Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, St. John’s University, No. 499, Section 4, Tam King Road, Tamsui District, New Taipei City 25135, Taiwan 2 Graduate Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung Hsiao East Road, Taipei 10608, Taiwan 3 Department of Electrical Engineering, St. John’s University,...

1Department of Electrical Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung 40704, Taiwan 2Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Mig-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 621, Taiwan 3Graduate Institute of Networking Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168, Jifong E. Road, Wufong Township, Taichung City 41349, Taiwan 4Department of Electrical En...

1 Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, St. John’s University, No. 499, Section 4, Tam King Road, Tamsui District, New Taipei City, 25135, Taiwan 2 Graduate Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-hsiao E. Road, Taipei 10608, Taiwan 3 Department of Marketing and Logistics Management, St. John’s ...

1 Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 Daxue Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan 2Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 Daxue Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan 3Department of Psychology and Institute of Allied Health Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 Daxue Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan 4 Institute of C...

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, No. 300, Jung-da Road, Jung-li City, 320 Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC Department of Management Information System, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, 402 Taichung, Taiwan, ROC Graduate Institute of Networking and Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 Gifeng E. Road, Wuf...

1 Institute of Communications Engineering, and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013 2Department of Communication Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, 200 Union Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 554...

There are two main transportation engineering approaches to improving road safety: reactive and proactive. The traditional reactive approach consists of implementing the necessary improvements to existing hazardous (black-spot) sites in order to improve safety at these sites. The proactive approach is a collision prevention approach that tries to prevent unsafe road conditions from occurring in...