The feasibility of an automotive radar braking system suitable for installation on all U.S. automobiles as standard equipment was investigated on the basis of utilizing state-of-the-art technology and demonstrating cost-effective performance in terms of preventing accidents otherwise caused by inattentive or tardy driver response. A technology survey identified several radar brake system concepts existing in demonstrable hardware and capable of automatically responding to and avoiding impact with obstacles on a collision course. To assess the cost-effectiveness of radar brakes, four generalized baseline systems were defined: Automatic/noncooperative; automatic/cooperative; semi-automatic/noncooperative; semi-automatic/cooperative. These four system types were then considered in regard to their effectiveness in preventing accidents of certain categories judged responsive to their respective performance capabilities.


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    Title :

    Collision Avoidance Radar Braking Systems Investigation: Phase I Study


    Contributors:
    R. E. Wong (author) / D. V. Payne (author) / W. O. Grierson (author) / W. C. Troll (author)

    Publication date :

    1974


    Size :

    120 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English