Effects of time-gap settings of adaptive cruise control (ACC) on driving performance and subjective acceptance in a bus driving simulator

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 620-625

  Lin, Tsang Wei ^a   Hwang, Sheue Ling ^a   Green, Paul A ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive cruise control (ACC); Bus; Safety; Time gap settings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL (ACC); CAR FOLLOWING; COMPLEX TASKS; DRIVER BEHAVIORS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SIMULATORS; HIGHWAY TRAFFICS; LEAD VEHICLES; SAFETY; TIME-GAP SETTINGS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BUS DRIVERS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; VEHICLES;

BUSES;

ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME GAP SETTING; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 61549124104     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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