Modification and Partial Validation of the Driver/Vehicle Module
Abstract
Four assumptions of the Driver/Vehicle Module of the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model were tested against data obtained in two on-road studies of driver behavior. Supported were assumptions that drivers track to the inside of horizontal curves and that a linear control model is adequate for describing steering behavior. Not supported were assumptions of consistent preferred lateral acceleration in horizontal curves and consistent preferred longitudinal accelerations and decelerations during curve approach and exit. Experimental results support (a) an analytically derived square-root relationship between preferred lateral acceleration and curvature and (b) an analytically derived square-root relationship between longitudinal acceleration or deceleration and total speed change.
Get full access to this article
View all access and purchase options for this article.
References
1. Paniati J. F., and True J. Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM): Designing Highways with Safety in Mind. In Transportation Research Circular 453, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1996, pp. 55–60.
2. Levison W. H., Simsek O., Bittner A. C. Jr., and Hunn S. J. Computational Techniques Used in the Driver Performance Model of the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model. In Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1779, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2001, pp. 17–25.
3. Levison W. H. Interactive Highway Safety Design Model: Issues Related to Driver Modeling. In Transportation Research Record 1631, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1998, pp. 20–27.
4. Fitzpatrick K., Elefteriadou L., Harwood D. W., Collins J. M., McFadden J., Anderson I. B., Krammes R. A., Irizarry N., Parma K. D., Bauer K. M., and Pasetti K. Speed Prediction for Two-Lane Rural Highways. Report FHWA-RD-99-171. FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1999.
5. Levison W. H., and Kantowitz B. H. Measuring the Operational Effects of Highway Geometrics: Beyond Spot Speed. Transportation Human Factors, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2000, pp. 265–278.
6. Emmerson J. Speeds of Cars on Sharp Horizontal Curves. Traffic Engineering and Control, Vol. 11, 1969, pp. 135–137.
7. Good M. C., and Sweatman P. F. Driver Strategies on Road Curves. Proc., 16th FISITA Congress, Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc., Tokyo, 1976, pp. 6-87–6-96.
8. Ritchie M. L., McCoy W. K., and Welde W. L. The Relation Between Forward Velocity and Lateral Acceleration in Curves During Normal Driving. Human Factors, Vol. 10, 1968, pp. 255–258.
9. Van Winsum W., and Godthelp H. Speed Choice and Steering Behavior in Curve Driving. Human Factors, Vol. 38, 1996, pp. 434–441.
10. Newcomb T. P. Driver Behaviour During Braking. SAE Paper 810832. Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, Pa., 1982.
11. Farber E., Janoff M. S., Cristinzio S., Blubaugh J. G., Reisener W., and Dunning W. NCHRP Report 154: Determining Pavement Skid-Resistance Requirements at Intersections and Braking Sites. TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1974.
12. Allen R. W., Magdaleno R. E., Serafin C., Eckert S., and Sieja T. Driver Car Following Behavior Under Test Track and Open Road Driving Conditions. SAE Paper 970170. Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, Pa., 1997.
Cite article
Cite article
Cite article
OR
Download to reference manager
If you have citation software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice
Information, rights and permissions
Information
Published In
Article first published: January 2002
Issue published: January 2002
Authors
Metrics and citations
Metrics
Journals metrics
This article was published in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
VIEW ALL JOURNAL METRICSArticle usage*
Total views and downloads: 24
*Article usage tracking started in December 2016
Altmetric
See the impact this article is making through the number of times it’s been read, and the Altmetric Score.
Learn more about the Altmetric Scores
Articles citing this one
Receive email alerts when this article is cited
Web of Science: 0
Crossref: 5
- A Perceptually Inspired Driver Model for Speed Control in Curves
- On the human control of vehicles: an experimental study of acceleratio...
- Modeling the Impact of Road Grade and Curvature on Truck Driving for V...
- Applicability of FHWA Crash Prediction Module to Selecting Candidate L...
- Driving Safety
Figures and tables
Figures & Media
Tables
View Options
Get access
Access options
If you have access to journal content via a personal subscription, university, library, employer or society, select from the options below:
loading institutional access options
Alternatively, view purchase options below:
Purchase 24 hour online access to view and download content.
Access journal content via a DeepDyve subscription or find out more about this option.
