| Title | Application of a Driving Simulator to the Planning and Design of Its Own Software and Hardware for the Development of an ITS Experimental Platform (2/4)-Establishment and Analysis of Basic Driver Response Behavior Database |
| Dept | Transportation Safety Division |
| Year | 2006 |
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| Summary | The number of motor vehicles has been rapidly growing in Taiwan, and traffic conditions have become more complex than ever. In addition, the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) using high-tech computers and communications to enhance traveler safety and efficiency are gradually proliferating worldwide. Compared to the on-road vehicle test, Driving Simulators (DS) have many advantages. Simulators can provide a safer environment, and allow the replication of experimental situations. Hence, a DS is a useful and economical tool employed to explore driver behavior in relation to ITS technologies and to different drivers, vehicles, roads, and environmental situations. This is the second-year project of a four-year project, from 2004 to 2007, for DS. The following tasks were conducted in this year: (1) Rebuilding DS: The rebuilding upgrades include planning and building of a two-seat DS, and renewing the DS cabin and platform (2) Validation of DS: The relation between accelerator/brake pedal and acceleration is established based on on-road vehicle tests. The relation between the steering wheel and the directions of tires is also established. (3) Driving performance and safety assessment: Safety index for driving performance assessment is developed by basic statistical analysis, and a method to grade the danger is proposed. (4) Construction of driver behavior database: The database is constructed by collecting the data of driving behavior and physical responses in the DS test, and the statistical results of questionnaires as well. (5) Study on the applications of DS: The studies include “The effect of in-vehicle multimedia systems and mixed traffic flow on the driver behavior”, “The effect of collision warning systems and IVIS on the driver behavior”, and “The effect of collision warning systems on the driver’s lane-change maneuver.” |
| Post date | 2006/10/12 |
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