Project
IVHW - Inter-Vehicle Hazard Warning
Funding origin:
France
STRIA Roadmaps:
Other ()
Transport mode:
Road
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/2003,
End date: 01/01/2004
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
Many accidents are due to the difficulty drivers have in anticipating a dangerous point on the road. Therefore inappropriate driver behaviour, poor visibility or temporary loss of visibility due to obstacles or bad weather conditions can generate pile-up accidents. These are statistically not very frequent but often very serious, and could be avoided if a warning message had been delivered in time.
Objectives:
The main objective of this project was to develop a common and interoperable concept of inter-vehicle hazard warning to reduce risks of accidents, to measure its effects and identify possible conditions of commercialisation.
Methodology:
The main steps of the project were:
- Content of messages and radio communication (size, contents, characteristics, speed, European coverage, etc);
- Integration within vehicles (optimisation of radio communication);
- Efficiency of alert messages: development of a model of driver's reaction;
- Safety issues: statistical analysis: which accidents can be avoided;
- Integration of markets: market study, comparison with the introduction of new technologies in the automotive sector (airbag);
- Technical and functional validation of the concept;
- Impact of the system on safety: study of drivers facing a dangerous situation, why and when a driver can send an alert message;
- Demonstration of the interoperability of the systems developed by each partner of the project.
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