Safe Driving Distance and Speed for Collision Avoidance in Connected Vehicles

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Title: Safe Driving Distance and Speed for Collision Avoidance in Connected Vehicles
Authors: Samir A. Elsagheer Mohamed, Khaled A. Alshalfan, Mohammed A. Al-Hagery, Mohamed Tahar Ben Othman
Source: Sensors, Vol 22, Iss 18, p 7051 (2022)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Chemical technology
Subject Terms: Assured Clear Distance Ahead, Safe Driving Distance, Safe Driving Speeds, Internet of Vehicles, Intelligent Transportation Systems, smart cities, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
More Details: Vehicle tailgating or simply tailgating is a hazardous driving habit. Tailgating occurs when a vehicle moves very close behind another one while not leaving adequate separation distance in case the vehicle in front stops unexpectedly; this separation distance is technically called “Assured Clear Distance Ahead” (ACDA) or Safe Driving Distance. Advancements in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) have made it of tremendous significance to have an intelligent approach for connected vehicles to avoid tailgating; this paper proposes a new Internet of Vehicles (IoV) based technique that enables connected vehicles to determine ACDA or Safe Driving Distance and Safe Driving Speed to avoid a forward collision. The technique assumes two cases: In the first case, the vehicle has Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) system, while in the second case, the vehicle has no AEB. Safe Driving Distance and Safe Driving Speed are calculated under several variables. Experimental results show that Safe Driving Distance and Safe Driving Speed depend on several parameters such as weight of the vehicle, tires status, length of the vehicle, speed of the vehicle, type of road (snowy asphalt, wet asphalt, or dry asphalt or icy road) and the weather condition (clear or foggy). The study found that the technique is effective in calculating Safe Driving Distance, thereby resulting in forward collision avoidance by connected vehicles and maximizing road utilization by dynamically enforcing the minimum required safe separating gap as a function of the current values of the affecting parameters, including the speed of the surrounding vehicles, the road condition, and the weather condition.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1424-8220
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/18/7051; https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s22187051
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/d904f0ea8f114284a329c0bb95c3a62c
Accession Number: edsdoj.904f0ea8f114284a329c0bb95c3a62c
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:14248220
DOI:10.3390/s22187051
Published in:Sensors
Language:English