Title :
Deployment of digital vehicle/highway technology for safety enhancement
Author :
Wang, Fei-Yue ; Lai, Guanpi ; Mirchandani, Pitu
Author_Institution :
Program for Adv. Res. in Complex Syst., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Although currently seatbelts and airbags are world widely used, there are still more than 40,000 people killed annually in traffic accidents. Referred to David Breed\´s "Road to Zero Fatalities" (RtZF®) concept, this paper mainly discusses how to develop and deploy a safety warning system using high precision digital road maps and a combination of various vehicle status sensory techniques, without or with a minimum requirement of additional road infrastructures. This system will help to avoid accidents and enhance safety by warning drivers of possible hazardous situations in advance.
Keywords :
alarm systems; automated highways; geographic information systems; road accidents; road safety; road traffic; safety systems; GIS database; airbags; digital vehicle/highway technology; driver warning system; hazardous situations; precision digital road maps; road infrastructures; safety enhancement; safety warning system; seatbelt; traffic accidents; vehicle status sensory techniques; Alarm systems; Automation; Intelligent systems; Laboratories; Road accidents; Road safety; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Vehicle driving; Vehicle safety;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2003. Proceedings. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7848-2
DOI :
10.1109/IVS.2003.1212909
