Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Driving Safety"”.
-
Driving safety and safety engineering: exploring risk compensation
… the parameters under which risk compensation in driving can occur due to the use of safety belts. Risk compensation theories hypothesize that if individuals wear safety belts, they will . drive in a more risky manner than if they do not wear safety belts due to the increased perception of safety …
-
Enhanced Feature Representation in Multi-Modal Learning for Driving Safety Assessment
… dissertation explores innovative approaches in driving safety through the development of multi-modal learning frameworks that leverage high-frequency, high-resolution driving data and videos to detect safety-critical events (SCEs). The research unfolds across four methodologies, each …
-
Gestures for Human-Machine Interaction. Design Aspects, User Experience and Impact on Driving Safety
Das Ziel der Dissertation war, zu untersuchen, welche Aspekte bei Design und Implementierung von Gestensteuerung im Bereich Mensch-Maschine Interaktion wichtig sind. Der Schwerpunkt des ersten Teiles richtet sich auf Aspekte eines Gestenvokabulars und die Frage eines zusätzlichen Feedbacks unter …
-
The Impact of Sleep Disorders on Driving Safety - Findings from the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study
… between seven types of sleep disorder and driving risk using large-scale naturalistic driving study data involving more than 3,400 participants. Regression analyses revealed that females with restless leg syndrome or sleep apnea and drivers with insomnia, shift work sleep disorder, or …
-
Investigating sources and modes of communication through which rural raised drivers learn and experience cultural models of driving and their impact on driving safety
… faces a serious problem with its traffic safety: there are more traffic-related injuries and fatalities in Saskatchewan than in other Canadian provinces. This issue is particularly problematic on rural roads, where young rural drivers are involved in a disproportionately high number of …
-
Development of eco-driving control system for connected and automated hybrid electric vehicles
… studied. In this study, a bi-level MPC-based eco-driving strategy for CAHEVs is proposed and designed to improve fuel economy, reduce exhaust emissions while ensuring driving safety under the most common driving scenarios. First, the HEV powertrain is modelled, and the real-time data sources are …
-
Influential factors in driving confidence among hearing-impaired older adults in Cape Town
… between objective hearing loss and reduced driving performance in older adults. However, little research exists on the relationship between self-perceived hearing loss and driving confidence, particularly in the South African context. The current study aimed to identify possible associations …
-
Ego Depletion-Induced Aberrant Driving in the Post-Work Commute
… has shown that workday stress hampers commuting safety, while ego depletion research has demonstrated that prior self-regulation leads to performance decrements in subsequent tasks. This study sought to unite these two lines of research by proposing that ego depletion-induced alterations in …
-
Radar Characteristics Study for the Development of Surrogate Roadside Objects
Driving safety is a very important topic in vehicle development. One of the biggest threat of driving safety is road departure. Many vehicle active safety technologies have been developed to warn and mitigate road departure in recent years. In order to evaluate the performance of road departure …
-
Fusion-layer-based machine vision for intelligent transportation systems/
… environment understanding abilities, and driving safety.
-
Learning to Trade Off Performance and Safety in Mixed Autonomy Traffic
… interactions between efficient traffic flow and driving safety in mixed autonomy traffic. Extending from reinforcement learning methods in robotic control methods and from learning methods for location-based actuators like traffic lights, this thesis considers control strategies afforded by …
-
Haptic Interface for Non-Visual Steering
… any visual feedback. Our interface may improve driving safety when a driver is temporarily blinded, for example, due to glare or fog. Three user studies were performed, the first study tries to understand driving using visual feedback, the second study evaluates two different haptic encoding …
-
Design of Switching Strategy for Adaptive Cruise Control Under String Stability Constraints
… system that assists a driver to improve driving safety and driving comfort. The design of ACC controller often involves the design of a switching logic that decides where and when to switch between the two modes in order to ameliorate driving comfort, mitigate the chance of a potential …
-
Feasibility and assessment of using recycled rubber for infrastructure applications
… chip seal had a rougher surface which increases driving safety. Environmentally, the toxic heavy metals leached from the rubberized chip were below that of the EPA drinking water standards with a significant reduction of heavy metal leaching when rubber was used with emulsion in the form of chip …
-
Novel In-Vehicle Gesture Interactions: Design and Evaluation of Auditory Displays and Menu Generation Interfaces
… invehicle infotainment systems (IVIS) degrades driving performance and increases crash risk. Air gesture interfaces were developed to mitigate for driver distraction, and using auditory displays showed a decrease in off-road glances and an improved perceived workload. However, the design of …
-
Relationship Between Driver Characteristics, Nighttime Driving Risk Perception, and Visual Performance under Adverse and Clear Weather Conditions and Different Vision Enhancement Systems
… nighttime mobility of older drivers, who avoid driving during the nighttime. Thus, a two-fold need exists for new technologies that enhance night visibility. Two separate studies were completed as part of this research. Study 1 served as a baseline by evaluating visual performance during …
-
Effects of Age-Related Declines in Visual Motion Processing on Older Driver Safety
… PMCT-10 and the shorter PMCT-2—were employed. Driving safety was measured via a high fidelity driving simulator, in addition to several self-report measures and archival data. Study 1 showed that PMCT-2 and PMCT-10 thresholds were associated with number of crashes in the simulator and other …
-
ScenarioXP: A Complete Scenario-Based Testing Framework for the Exploration and Exploitation of Autonomous Vehicle Validation Scenarios
… (AVs) reduces the active human participation in driving and extends awareness beyond human limitations of perception and reaction, improving driving safety and quality of the user experience as a result. The ever-increasing complexity of these autonomous systems poses many challenges towards the …
-
Optimal Vehicle Stability Control with Driver Input and Bounded Uncertainties
… Such controllers are designed to improve driving safety while the driver is still in control of the vehicle. It is known that human drivers are capable to learn and adapt to their built-in vehicle controller in order to improve their control actions based on their past driving experiences …
Page 1 of 2