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Title: | Impacts of driving volatility on road safety and emissions: the DICA-VE project |
Author: | Coelho, Margarida C. |
Keywords: | Driving behavior Volatility Road safety Emissions |
Issue Date: | Jan-2020 |
Publisher: | UA Editora |
Abstract: | The main objective of this communication is to present the project “DICA-VE: Driving Information in a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Environment: Impacts on Safety and Emissions”, which aims to develop an integrated methodology to assess driving behavior volatility and develop warnings to reduce road conflicts and pollutant emissions in a vehicle environment. A particular attention is being given to the interaction of motor vehicles with vulnerable road users (pedestrians and cyclists) [1, 2]. The essence of assessing driving volatility aims the capture of the existence of accelerations and aggressive maneuvers [3]. Alerts and warnings can enable calmer driving, reduce volatility and potentially improve road safety, traffic flow performance, fuel consumption and emissions. A fundamental understanding of instantaneous driving decisions, distinguishing normal from anomalous ones, is needed to develop a framework for optimizing road transportation impacts. Thus, the research questions are: 1) Which strategies are adopted by each driver when he/she performs short-term driving decisions and how can these intentions be mapped, in a certain road network?; 2) How is driver’s volatility affected by the proximity of other road users, namely pedestrians or cyclists?; 3) How can driving volatility information be integrated into a platform to alert road users about potential dangers in the road infrastructure and prevent the occurrence of crash situations?; 4) How can anomalous driving variability be reduced in autonomous cars, in order to prevent road crashes and have a performance with a minimum degree of emissions? The specific deliverables of this project will be: 1) a complete and micro characterization of individual driver decision mechanisms; 2) a prototype of a driver warning and control assist mechanisms to be applicable in connected or autonomous vehicles. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/29762 |
ISBN: | 978-972-789-632-5 |
Publisher Version: | https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/27424 |
Appears in Collections: | DEM - Comunicações TEMA - Comunicações |
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