Collision avoidance behavior of drivers when vehicle suddenly appears from side

Kazumoto Morita; Toshiya Hirose; Tadashi Hatano; Toru Kojima; Nobuhisa Tanaka

doi:10.1299/kikaic.79.4311

Collision avoidance behavior of drivers when vehicle suddenly appears from side

Kazumoto Morita, Toshiya Hirose, Tadashi Hatano, Toru Kojima, Nobuhisa Tanaka

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the driver's collision avoidance behavior in an emergency. Experiments, in which participants drove a test vehicle at around 40 km/h and a dummy vehicle suddenly appeared from the side, were conducted on a proving ground. Two out of 56 participants did not respond to the emergency situation by applying their brakes. Most participants steered the vehicle to some extent, though it was their braking operation that was essential to avoid collisions. Driver behaviors in the emergency revealed, for example, that the average brake response time was 0.45 seconds and the average deceleration after braking was 7.0 m/s². These values should be considered when designing the driver support systems for emergencies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4311-4320
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
Volume	79
Issue number	807
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1299/kikaic.79.4311
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Keywords

Automobile
Brake operation
Emergency
Human engineering
Human error
Response time
Safety

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Morita, K., Hirose, T., Hatano, T., Kojima, T., & Tanaka, N. (2013). Collision avoidance behavior of drivers when vehicle suddenly appears from side. Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C, 79(807), 4311-4320. https://doi.org/10.1299/kikaic.79.4311

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