To overcome the challenges of the prospected further growth of the freight transport market innovative commercial vehicles are an approach to increase road freight transport efficiency. Even though these vehicles are introduced in some Member States of the European Union and experiences in field tests have been made, there is a lack of scientific knowledge regarding the impact of these vehicles on other road users. To benefit from reproducible test environment and to anticipate future traffic situations driving simulator studies are an appropriate measure. For the impact assessment of three different innovative commercial vehicles (extended semi-trailer, European Modular System, electronically coupled commercial vehicles) the methodology of such a driving simulator study is presented. The impact assessment in this case focusses on both, the subjective strain of the driver and the driving quality. Thereby, it cannot only be evaluated whether innovative commercial vehicles are a psychological load to the driver or not but also if any threat is induced by these vehicles or not based on objective driving criteria. The intermediate results reveal a change in the subjective strain for other roadusers when interacting with electronically coupled commercial vehicles on road. In how far these results are true for other innovative commercial vehicles is subject going driving simulator study. In addition, the impact on the driving quality is addressed.
Impact of innovative commercial vehicles on other road users
2011
18 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 22 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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