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An empirical study of the effectiveness of electronic stability control system in reducing loss of vehicle control.
Yiannis E. Papelis1, , a, , Ginger S. Watson2, a, and Timothy L. Browna,
a The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States Received 16 August 2008; revised 18 January 2009; accepted 21 April 2009. Available online 7 April 2010.
Abstract A significant percentage of fatal vehicle crashes involve loss of control (LOC). Electronic stability control (ESC) is an active safety system that detects impending LOC and activates counter-measures that help the driver maintain or re-gain control.
To assess the effectiveness of ESC in preventing LOC, an empirical study was conducted on a high-fidelity driving simulator. The ESC systems for two vehicles were incorporated into the simulator's dynamics code which was calibrated to ensure engineering validation.
The study utilized three scenarios designed to recreate typical LOC situations, and was designed to assess the effects of ESC presence, vehicle type, scenario, age and gender. A total of 120 research participants completed the study. Results showed a statistically significant reduction in LOC with ESC compared to without ESC (F = 52.72, p < 0.0001).
The study findings of 5% LOC with ESC and 30% without ESC match several epidemiological studies that have analyzed ESC effectiveness on real-world crashes, providing strong support to the use of driving simulation for studying driver behavior.
Study conclusions suggest that wide-spread utilization of ESC is likely to reduce traffic fatalities. Keywords: Electronic stability control; Electronic stability program; Loss of control; Safety; Driving simulator
Article Outline
1. Introduction 2. Background on ESC 3. Method 3.1. Simulator 3.2. Experimental design 3.3. Participants 3.4. Treatments 3.5. Dependent measures 3.6. Procedure 3.7. Statistical analysis 4. Results 5. Discussion 6. Conclusion Acknowledgements References
Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 757 638 6560; fax: +1 757 686 6214. Accident Analysis & Prevention Volume 42, Issue 3, May 2010, Pages 929-934 Assessing Safety with Driving Simulators
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