Performance Analysis and Database of Driving Maneuvers by using a Driving Simulator

The vehicle dynamics and the driver's behavior in emergent situation are the most important for the analysis of avoidance performance. However, the general driver's operation before the traffic accident has not been almost clarified. In this paper, the avoiding maneuver is examined by using a driving simulator. The purpose of this study is the effect of driver's age and vehicle characteristics. At first test, The young or old driver's operation to avoid the emerged obstacle was investigated by using a driving simulator. The vehicle dynamics model in the driving simulator has two different vehicle characteristics. Second test by using a driving simulator is to investigate the general driver's maneuver in emergency change of road surface friction coefficient. These two experimental condition and the driver's operation value are gathered as the database system. This database system can search the driver's operation value on the basis of user selected condition, and searched data are executed as graphical image plot and statistical calculation.