Information on requirements for driver assistance systems for heavy goods vehicles addressing blind spot accidents

Introduction Turning maneuvers with collisions between trucks turning right and cyclists usually have serious consequences for the vulnerable road user. In the past the safety of vulnerable road users was raised by an improvement of the truck driver's vision by increasing the number of mirrors and by equipping trucks with side underrun protection. Since turning accidents still happen and driver assistance systems have been introduced in a lot of vehicle segments it seems to be obvious to use such assistance to address turning accidents between trucks and cyclists. In order to stimulate system development, e. g. by means of incentives or legislation, performance requirements and corresponding test procedures are necessary. Aim of the work carried out by BASt therefore was to develop such requirements and a possible test method.