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Data Mining Twitter to Improve Automated Vehicle Safety
(SAFE-D: Safety Through Disruption National University Transportation Center, 2021-02)
Automated vehicle (AV) technologies may significantly improve driving safety, but only if they are widely adopted and used appropriately. Adoption and appropriate use are influenced by user expectations, which are increasingly ...
Design and Development of an Automated Truck Mounted Attenuator
(SAFE-D: Safety Through Disruption National University Transportation Center, 2021-05)
Truck-Mounted Attenuators (TMAs) are energy-absorbing devices added to heavy shadow vehicles to provide a mobile barrier that protects work crews from errant vehicles entering active work zones. While the TMA is designed ...
Reference Machine Vision for ADAS Functions
(SAFE-D: Safety Through Disruption National University Transportation Center, 2021-05)
Studies have shown that fatalities due to unintentional roadway departures can be significantly reduced if Lane Departure Warning and Lane Keep Assist systems are used effectively. However, these systems have not been ...
Assessing Alternate Approaches for Conveying Automated Vehicle ‘Intentions’
(SAFE-D: Safety Through Disruption National UTC, 2020-05)
One of the biggest highly automated vehicle (HAV) market barriers may be a lack of user trust in the automated driving system itself. Research has shown that this lack of faith in the system primarily stems from a lack of ...
In-vehicle device acquisition and usage in personal vehicles : commercial versus non-commercial driver's license holders
(Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, 2011-03-28)
A survey was administered to 1,524 Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and students and Blacksburg Transit drivers in an effort to differentiate between commercial driver's license holders (72 of the respondents) and "regular" ...
Problematic Roadway Environments for Automated Vehicles
(National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence, 2018-04-03)
Progress in the area of automated vehicles (AVs) will benefit safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability. Of the roughly 30,000 traffic-related fatalities reported yearly, 94% are due to human error. AVs replace ...
An Assessment of Quiet Vehicles and Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety
(2014-07-28)
The primary intent of this report is to provide a comprehensive and concise overview of the apparent safety issues presented to pedestrians and pedalcyclists by the operation of quiet vehicles on roadways. The report ...
Virginia Connected Vehicle Test Bed System Performance (V2I System Performance)
(Connected Vehicle/Infrastructure University Transportation Center (CVI-UTC), 2016-05-01)
This project identified vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication system limitations on the Northern Virginia Connected Vehicle Test Bed. Real-world historical data were analyzed to determine wireless Dedicated Short ...
Improving Driving Safety for Teenagers with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
(National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence, 2017-09-19)
The majority of the research assessing the differences in driving performance between medicated and non-medicated Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) teenagers has relied on driving simulators and surveys. This ...
Applications of Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Technologies to Enhance Transit Service Efficiency and Safety, Part 1
(Connected Vehicle/Infrastructure University Transportation Center (CVI-UTC), 2016-09-30)
Implementing Connected Vehicle Infrastructure (CVI) applications for handheld devices into public transportation transit systems would provide transit agencies and their users with two-directional information flow from ...