UltraWideband (UWB) systems have been utilized and commercialized since the beginning of the 1970s and have been successfully used in ground-, walland foliage-penetration, collision warning and avoidance, fluid level detection, intruder detection and vehicle radar and also for the topics of the intended research project, communication and position-location [1]. Up to now, the latter two fields ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the association between past medical contacts and the risk of vehicle collision in a population of older drivers from the province of Quebec, Canada. DESIGN Case-crossover study. SETTING Quebec. PARTICIPANTS 111 699 older drivers involved in at least one vehicle collision between January 1988 and December 2000. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES For each driver, the risk of hav...

Development of vehicle active steering collision avoidance systems calls for mathematical models capable of predicting a human driver’s response so as to reduce the cost involved in field tests whilst accelerate product development. This article provides a discussion on the paradigms that may be used for modelling a driver’s steering interaction with vehicle collision avoidance control in path-...

In recent years, many studies have been made in the biomechanical and other fields on, “whiplash” or cervical vertical sprain which is on type of injury sustained by vehicle occupants in low-speed rear-end collisions. This paper describes a cervical analysis of whiplash occurring in the lower rear-end collision. In particular, it describes the use of a more humanized biomechanical cervical mode...

INTRODUCTION We examined the accuracy of research participant characterizations of motor vehicle collisions (MVC). METHODS We conducted an emergency department-based prospective study of adults presenting for care after experiencing an MVC. Study participants completed a structured clinical interview that assessed the number of lanes of the road where the collision took place, vehicle type, r...

Crash data from two UK resources were examined for differences between male and female passenger car drivers in collision circumstances and injury outcomes. The proportion of female car license holders is growing, women are more likely to be the driver in a collision and are more vulnerable to injury particularly neck strain. Women drive smaller, lighter cars compared to men and are more often ...

A moving vehicle may very likely run into accidents. The occurrence rate of accidents would be largely reduced if the driver were warned in advance, even only 0.5 s earlier. For a running vehicle, the driving route within short time before collision has the character of Markov. In this case, we only have to consider the coordinates of position within a short range, rather than the running statu...

An important part of ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems, formerly IVHS) is the development of collision avoidance systems. These systems continuously sense the dynamic state of the vehicle and the roadway situation, and they assess the potential for a collision. When the system determines that an emergency situation might be developing, it wams the driver to take evasive action. Such count...