Saving Lives with V2X versus On-Board Sensing Systems -Which will be More Effective?
Journal article, 2012

Infrastructure systems such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) communication can theoretically prevent nearly all accidents by gathering the speed, locations, and travel directions of traffic participants, and intervening to control vehicle motion as required to help prevent collisions. However, during the phase-in of the communication systems, there will be many vehicles and many roads that do not have the communication systems in place, and therefore the system will not be effective in those cases. This lack of availability is likely the main disadvantage. On-board sensing (autonomous) systems such as cameras and radar sensors may not detect all potential hazards (e.g. due to weather, or hidden hazards), but they are effective in many situations and can help prevent crashes without depending on communication with infrastructure or other vehicles. This paper evaluates and compares the effectiveness of communication and on-board sensing technology in saving lives. Various implementation scenarios and system capabilities are investigated.

Author

Colm Boran

Autoliv AB

Ola Boström

Autoliv AB

Bengt J H Jacobson

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

Anders Lie

Swedish Transport Agency

Ulrich Sander

Autoliv AB

SAE Technical Papers

01487191 (ISSN) 26883627 (eISSN)

Vol. 11

Areas of Advance

Transport

Subject Categories

Vehicle Engineering

DOI

10.4271/2012-01-9017

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