Predicting Drivers’ Eyes-Off-Road Duration in Different Driving Scenarios

Older drivers: On-road and off-road test results.

Eighty-five volunteer drivers, 65-85 years old, without cognitive impairments impacting on their driving were examined, in order to investigate driving errors characteristic for older drivers. In addition, any relationships between cognitive off-road and on-road tests results, the latter being the gold standard, were identified. Performance measurements included Trail Making Test (TMT), Nordic ...

Predicting Older Adults’ On-Road Driving Performance

Differences in Off-Road Glances: Effects on Young Drivers’ Performance

Young drivers display more risk-taking behavior than other age groups. Performing distracting tasks is one such risky behavior that is observed among young drivers. However, due to inexperience, young drivers may not be able to appropriately compensate for the effects of distractions. A driving simulator study with 53 young drivers aged 18–21 was conducted to assess the level of engagement with...

Young Drivers and Run-Off-the-Road Crashes

Motor vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of death among young Americans. They also experience higher percentage of single vehicle, Run-off-the-road (ROR) crashes compared to other drivers. When looking at the methods of improving the alarming death rate of young drivers, it is important to identify the determinants of higher crash and injury severity. With that intention, the study d...

Learning long-range vision for autonomous off-road driving

Most vision-based approaches to mobile robotics suffer from the limitations imposed by stereo obstacle detection, which is short-range and prone to failure. We present a self-supervised learning process for long-range vision that is able to accurately classify complex terrain at distances up to the horizon, thus allowing superior strategic planning. The success of the learning process is due to...