A new safety warning system based on implementation of digital vehicle/highway technology

Author

Lai, Guanpi ; Wang, Fei-Yue

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. & Ind. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1776

Abstract

Although currently seatbelts and airbags are world widely used, there are still more than 40000 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 can help avoid accidents and enhance safety by warning drivers of possible hazardous situations in advance.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; accident prevention; automated highways; geographic information systems; road safety; road vehicles; sensors; DGPS; GIS; differential global positioning system; digital highway technology; digital road maps; digital vehicle technology; geographic information systems; safety warning system; sensors; vehicle status sensory techniques; Air safety; Alarm systems; Global Positioning System; Road accidents; Road safety; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Sensor systems; Vehicle driving; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8125-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2003.1252788

Filename

1252788