Contributions

  • Neale, Vicki L. - Contributor
  • McGhee, Catherine C. - Contributor
  • Virginia Transportation Research Council. - Contributor
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Transportation Institute. - Contributor
  • Virginia. Dept. of Transportation. - Contributor
and 1 more
  • United States. Federal Highway Administration. - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Va, Virginia

Language

English

Word Count

96,250 words, Guess

Page Count

385 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCTE228.3 .I65 2006

Description

This project entailed the design, development, testing, and evaluation of intersection decision support (IDS) systems to address straight crossing path (SCP) intersection crashes. This type of intersection crash is responsible for more than 100,000 crashes and thousands of fatalities each year. In developing these IDS systems for both signalized and stop-controlled intersections, a top-down systems approach was used that determined the necessary system functions and evaluated the capability of different technologies to perform those functions. Human factors tests were also conducted that evaluated the effectiveness of warning algorithms and infrastructure-based driver-infrastructure interfaces in eliciting a stopping response from drivers about to be involved in an SCP intersection crash. Results indicated that further technological development is needed for the sensing and intersection state IDS functions. Furthermore, infrastructure-based warning interfaces tested were greatly outperformed by previously-tested in-vehicle warnings. Thus, future research on IDS systems should focus on their infrastructure-cooperative configuration, where the system supports an in-vehicle warning.

Subjects

Topics

RoadsResearchTraffic safetySide collisionsSafety measuresDecision support systemsDriver assistance systems

Series Statement

  • VTRC -- 06-CR10
  • VTRC (Series) -- 06-CR10.

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