Overview
Cyclists and pedestrians are damaged in 20% of all accidents with trucks. The most serious accidents occur at the crossroads when the truck turns right. The main cause of these accidents is the very limited field of vision of truck drivers, which is usually the cause of the accident.
The aim of ABALID is the development of an assistance system to avoid truck accidents with a cyclist when turning right. Previous approaches to solutions are very cost-intensive and do not cover many critical situations. The system should be offered as a cost-effective additional component, which can be used in any truck regardless of the manufacturer. The system is complemented by a warning component that can be retrofitted to any bicycle. In the case of success, further fields of application arise, such as buses and construction machines as well as pedestrian protection.
With innovative LIDAR sensor technology in combination with a CMOS camera, a system for safe detection of cyclists should be developed based on modern algorithms of sensor data fusion. In addition, the project partners develop an optical and acoustic warning component for installation on the bicycle. This enables a bidirectional coupling of truck and bicycle as well as an early exchange of information between the road users. In many cases an acute warning is superfluous. In a practical field test, suitable warning and display interfaces should be tested in different application scenarios.