Impact on car driving performance of a following distance warning system: Findings from the Australian transport accident commission SafeCar project

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 121-131

  Young, Kristie L ^a   Regan, Michael A ^a   Triggs, Thomas J ^a   Tomasevic, Nebojsa ^a   Stephan, Karen ^a   Mitsopoulos, Eve ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Following distance warning; Intelligent transport systems

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM SYSTEMS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL;

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS; FOLLOWING DISTANCE WARNING; SAFECAR; TRANSPORT ACCIDENT COMMISSION (TAC);

DRIVER TRAINING;

EID: 34547350774     PISSN: 15472450     EISSN: 15472442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15472450701410411     Document Type: Article

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