Comparison of Car-Following Behavior between Four Countries from the Viewpoint of Static and Dynamic Aspects
This paper describes an investigation on a car following behavior on actual roads. The car following behavior was compared between four regions: Tsukuba (Japan), Southampton (UK), Paris (France), and Oslo (Norway). Instrumented vehicles have been developed at AIST and TRG, and field experiments for behavioral data collection was conducted in each country. The research focused on the static (distribution of inter-vehicle distances and desired headway distance) and the dynamic aspects (acceleration rate according to relative speeds and distance divergence) of the car following behavior. The dynamic aspect was evaluated using fuzzy logic car following model developed at TRG. The results suggest that Tsukuba drivers tend to take longer distance headway and decelerate more strongly while approaching a preceding vehicle. The distance headways of Southampton and Paris drivers were found to be shorter and the acceleration was stronger when the relation between the lead vehicle and the instrumented vehicle is increasing. The differences in the car following behavior between the four regions are identified and interpreted. The implications and future direction of car-following behavior comparison studies are discussed.
Toshihisa Sato Motoyuki Akamatsu Pengjun Zheng Mike McDonald
Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sci Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sc Transportation Research Group (TRG), School of Civil Engineering and the Environment,University of S Transportation Research Group (TRG), School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-7
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）