Is naturalistic driving research possible with highly instrumented cars? Lessons learnt in three research centres

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-194

  Valero Mora, Pedro M ^a   Tontsch, Anita ^a   Welsh, Ruth ^b   Morris, Andrew ^b   Reed, Steven ^b   Touliou, Katerina ^c   Margaritis, Dimitris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data acquisition systems; Instrumented cars; Naturalistic driving; Road safety; Unobtrusive observation

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; USER EXPERIENCE;

DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTED CARS; NATURALISTIC DRIVING; ROAD SAFETY; UNOBTRUSIVE OBSERVATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CAR; CAR DRIVING; DEVICES; GREECE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTED CARS; NATURALISTIC DRIVING; ROAD SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNOBTRUSIVE OBSERVATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; GREECE; HUMANS; SPAIN;

DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENTED CARS; NATURALISTIC DRIVING; ROAD SAFETY; UNOBTRUSIVE OBSERVATION;

EID: 84897151667     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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