Driver speed compliance following automatic incident detection: Insights from a naturalistic driving study

Distracted driver behaviors and distracting conditions among adolescent drivers: findings from a naturalistic driving study.

PURPOSE The proliferation of new communication technologies and capabilities has prompted concern about driving safety. This concern is particularly acute for inexperienced adolescent drivers. In addition to being early adopters of technology, many adolescents have not achieved the degree of automaticity in driving that characterizes experienced adults. Consequently, distractions may be more pr...

The interrelationships between speed limits, geometry, and driver behavior: a proof-of-concept study utilizing naturalistic driving data

Speed management has been an extensive focus of traffic safety research dating back to the 1960’s. Research has generally shown crash risk to increase as the average speed of traffic increases and as the standard deviation of travel speeds increases within a traffic stream. However, research as to the effects of speed limits has been somewhat inconclusive. This study investigates how speed limi...

DRIVER BEHAVIOR DURING LANE CHANGE FROM THE 100 - CAR NATURALISTIC DRIVING STUDY Rong

Lane changes with the intention to overtake the vehicle in front are especially challenging scenarios for forward collision warning (FCW) designs. These overtaking maneuvers can occur at high relative vehicle speeds and often involve no brake and/or turn signal application. Therefore, overtaking presents the potential of erroneously triggering the FCW. A better understanding of lane change even...

Individual Driver Risk Analysis Using Naturalistic Driving Data

Warning Reliability and Driver Performance in Naturalistic Driving

OBJECTIVE This study examines how naturalistic driving performance is influenced by the perceived reliability of an in-vehicle warning system using a unique measure of perceived reliability. BACKGROUND Prior studies of warning reliability conducted in simulator and test-track experiments demonstrate that the objective reliability of a warning can influence a driver's responsiveness to that wa...