ADAS

Automated Driver Assistance Systems

IIHS - Effects of AEB on Pedestrian Crash Risk

Thu, 2022-09-01 11:01 - DriveSmartBC

IIHS LogoThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has issued a report on Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) and pedestrian crash risk. Current AEB systems with pedestrian detection are effective, but only during the daytime.

RESEARCH - Real World Use of ADAS

Tue, 2021-10-26 18:27 - DriveSmartBC

ADAS sensor viewsReal-World Use of Automated Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Their Consequences is a research report from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that examines how a group of 50 drivers used the ADAS systems in their personal vehicles over a 12 month period. The study found that 47 of 235 safety critical events which occurred during that timespan involved ADAS use.

RESEARCH - Adaptive Cruise Control Encourages Speeding

Tue, 2021-03-16 12:03 - DriveSmartBC

IIHS LogoAccording to a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers are substantially more likely to speed when using Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) or automations that combine ACC with lane centering than when not using either technology. The concern here is that abuse of the system will cancel out the safety benefit of having it.

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