Using Vehicular Communication to Support Older Drivers at Road Intersections
By Shahmehri, Nahid; Chisalita, Ioan; Aberg, Johan; Maciuszek, Dennis; Hellqvist, Marie; Toward a Human-Friendly Assistive Environment, Vol. 14, pp. 33-40Publication Date: 2004
Paper discusses the feasibility of utilizing a vehicle communication system to support drivers who are older in road intersections, which is the most common site for accidents among this population. The ECAM system is discussed, which is a formal framework that provides a reasoning engine for studying the time evolution of traffic accidents. The system investigates the relationships between events that occur in traffic and their possible consequences, and is able to model changes that take place in hazardous traffic situations. Ultimately, the system can use this data to determine how accidents can be avoided. A technological evaluation of the ECAM system is discussed in detail. The system was developed by researchers at the Department of Computer and Information Science at Linkoping University in Sweden.
Published by: IOS Press (Website:http://www.iospress.nl)
ISBN: 1-58603-457-X
This publication is included in the library of the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC), accession number R08566

