Paper Info
Title
A study of the automobile blind-spots' spatial dimensions and angle of orientation on side-sweep accidents
Abstract
This study investigates the impact of the spatial dimensions and angle of orientation of automobile blind spots during side-sweep accidents. A simulation framework was created that models in detail the situational awareness and decisions of the driver (e.g., checking mirrors before initiating a lane change). The simulation takes into account the detailed position of the blind spots, which depend on the geometry of the windows and mirrors of the vehicle. Using this simulator, a study was performed to evaluate the correlation between the magnitude and the orientation of the blind spots, the frequency of side-sweep accidents in various conditions (e.g., traffic density and relative velocity) and time to change the lane. Also, the number of side-sweep accidents was studied depending on the percentage and how often drivers look before changing lanes and drivers who failed to check their mirrors before a lane change.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.23919/TMS.2016.7918824
2016 Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation (TMS-DEVS)
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
Side Sweep,Spatial Dimensions and Orientation,Blind Spots,Time to Change Lane,Simulation Architecture
Conference
978-1-5386-1856-1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gamini Bulumulle100.68
Ladislau Bölöni233542.82