A number of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) solutions have been implemented in conventional vehicles in recent years. In the not too distant future driverless vehicles will share the roads with vehicles driven by human beings. In this paper, a novel algorithm for switching from one driving maneuver to another is proposed. The interface has been developed in C++ Visual Studio and usi...

Coupled controllers are vital for safely handling vehicles, especially in critical driving situations that include changing lanes to avoid obstacles. Controllers specialized emergencies must keep road users safe situations. In this paper, we develop the coupled controller handle evasive maneuvers an over-actuated vehicle. The is based on second-order sliding mode control theory. We use bicycle ...

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are supposed to share the road with human-driven (HDVs) in a foreseeable future. Therefore, considering mixed traffic environment is more pragmatic, as well-planned operation of CAVs may be interrupted by HDVs. In circumstance that human behaviors have significant impacts, need understand HDV make safe actions. this study, we develop driver digital twin (...

Lane changing on highways is stressful. In this paper, we present RASCL, the Robotic Assistance System for Changing Lanes. RASCL combines state-of-the-art sensing and localization techniques with an accurate map describing road structure to detect and track other cars, determine whether or not a lane change to either side is safe, and communicate these safety statuses to the user using a variet...

We propose a general model to derive lane-changing rules for discretionary and mandatory lane changes for a wide class of car-following models. Both the utility of a given lane and the risk associated with lane changes is determined in terms of longitudinal accelerations calculated with the microscopic traffic models. This allows for the formulation of compact and general safety and incentive c...

In order to determine the effect of Valsalva maneuver and head rotation on the internal jugular vein (IJV) diameter and cross-sectional area and overlap with the carotid artery (CA) and find the best technique for safe cannulation of the IJV and decrease the risk of CA puncture, the diameter of both the IJV and the CA and percentage of overlap between the two vessels and cross-sectional are...

This work examines the visual scanning behavior of drivers in preparing and executing a lane change. In an experiment, drivers navigated a naturalistic highway environment with moderate traffic in a fixed-base driving simulator. The data collected in the experiment included steering control data, eye movements, and verbal protocols. Drivers began to exhibit significantly different scanning beha...

Objective: We investigated the impacts of drivers’ socio-demographic factors on these lane-changing models, and developed Fuzzy logic-based lane-changing models associated the drivers’ demographic factors. Methods: Forty drivers were recruited for a driving simulator test to collect their driving behaviors of changing lane in a work zone with/without the aid of Driver’s Smart Advisory System (D...

Some motor tasks can be completed, quite literally, with our eyes shut. Most people can touch their nose without looking or reach for an object after only a brief glance at its location. This distinction leads to one of the defining questions of movement control: is information gleaned prior to starting the movement sufficient to complete the task (open loop), or is feedback about the progress ...

Probabilistic traffic models, providing a statistical representation of the future behavior of traffic participants, are crucial for risk estimation in automotive collision avoidance systems. Current research has focused on large-scale behavior, primarily in the form of lane change prediction. These models are limited in their use for high-fidelity driving propagation. This paper investigates a...