Discretionary lane change (DLC) is a basic but complex maneuver in driving, which aims at reaching faster speed or better driving conditions, e.g., further line of sight ride quality. Although modeling DLC decision-making has been studied for years, the impact human factors, crucial accurately modelling strategies, largely ignored existing literature. In this paper, we integrate factors that ar...

Passing rate measurements of backward-moving kinematic waves in congestion are applied to quantify two traffic features; a relaxation phenomenon of vehicle lane-changing and impact of lane-changing in traffic streams after the relaxation process is complete. The relaxation phenomenon occurs when either a lane-changer or its immediate follower accepts a short spacing upon insertion and gradually...

The paper presents a systematic analysis of drivers’ crash avoidance response during crashes and near-crashes developed machine learning-based predictive model that can determine driver maneuver using pre-incident behavior driving context. We analyzed 286 naturalistic rear-end from the SHRP2 study. All events were manually reduced face video (face forward) kinematic responses. In this paper, we...

Travel Demands influence micro-level traffic behavior, furthermore traffic states. In order to evaluate the effect of travel demands on traffic states, this paper introduces the DemandMotivation-Behaviors (DMB) micro traffic behavior analysis model which denotes that vehicles behaviors are determines by motivations that relies on traffic demands from the perspective of behavior science. For veh...

Maneuvers of a nonholonomic vehicle in a structured dynamic environment are considered. The paper focuses on motion generation and control methods to autonomously perform lane following/changing, parallel parking and returning to traac maneuvers. Lane fol-lowing/changing involves the tracking of a nominal trajectory in the traac lane, and the generation and tracking of local lane-changing traje...

People make anticipatory changes in gait patterns prior to initiating a rapid change of direction. How they prepare will change based on their knowledge of the maneuver. To investigate specific and general strategies used to facilitate locomotor maneuvers, we manipulated subjects' ability to anticipate the direction of an upcoming lateral "lane-change" maneuver. To examine specific anticipatory...

PURPOSE The hypothesis that drivers with homonymous hemianopia (HH) would take a lane position that increased the safety margin on their blind side was tested with a driving simulator. METHODS Twelve participants with HH (six right HH and six left; nine men; mean age, 50 years; range 31-72), and 12 matched current drivers with normal vision (NV) each completed approximately 120 minutes of sim...

We present a simulation-based approach to assess the safety impacts of vehicles equipped with Automated Driving Systems (ADS) in mixed traffic Human-driven Vehicles (HV). Specifically, we compare two generic longitudinal strategies ADS handle cut-in: Reactive acting only when cut-in vehicle crosses target lane boundary, and Predictive at onset manoeuvre. identify their distinctive effects on un...