12 1094-7167/03/$17.00 © 2003 IEEE IEEE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Her baby daughter was delivered seven weeks early by emergency Caesarian section and is in critical condition. The girl’s 10-month-old brother, who was in a child restraint in the backseat, is also in critical condition. The accident happened when a car, thought to have been traveling at up to 80 kmph (the speed limit), failed to stop....

Hydraulic regenerative braking system is an important branch of hybrid technology, which has the advantage of high power density and the ability to accept the high rates/high frequencies of charging and discharging, therefore hydraulic regenerative braking technology is well suited for off-road vehicles and heavy-duty trucks. Relatively lower energy density and complicated coordinating operatio...

The paper discusses the development of an IBM PC based tool, for calculating train braking distances for various train classes on a rail network. There is discussion on current industry practice and the limitations of that practice, the concept of the tool itself, including the assumptions made, the strategy adopted to minimise the risk of incorrect calculations, and the results of adopting tha...

12 Objective. The ability of an automobile to infer the driver’s upcoming actions directly 13 from neural signals could enrich the interaction of the car with its driver. Intelligent 14 vehicles fitted with an on-board brain-computer interface (BCI) able to decode the 15 driver’s intentions can use this information to improve the driving experience. In 16 this study we investigate the neural si...

This investigation was completed as part of the ITS-IDEA Program which is one of three IDEA programs managed by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) to foster innovations in surface transportation. It focuses on products and result for the development and deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), in support of the U.S. Department of Transportation's national ITS program plan. T...

If you've ever been involved in a crash you'll know just how traumatic, costly and inconvenient it can be for all involved. That's why at Thatcham we're determined to 'stop the crash' for the benefit of all road users and our experts believe that Autonomous Emergency Braking is the most important new technology we've seen to achieve these ambitious aims. Thatcham is a world renowned motor vehic...