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Indicators Of Assessing Vehicle Safety Status Under Platoon Conditions At Freeway, Jianan Zhou
Indicators Of Assessing Vehicle Safety Status Under Platoon Conditions At Freeway, Jianan Zhou
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Issue on level freeway segment (Interstate 80) in Nebraska: • High truck percentage (higher than 25%) • Different speed profile - The speed of trucks are set to 67 mph, on average. - The speed of passenger cars are 75 mph, on average. • Result platoons - Approximately 85% of vehicles are observed in platoon. - the degree of freedom to maneuver for drivers are constrained by other in-platoon vehicles. - Vehicles in platoons may face unsafe situation. Goal: Develop indicators to assess the safety status of vehicles under platoon conditions at level freeway segment.
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