Development of a Performance Specification for Indirect Visibility Systems on Heavy Trucks 2007-01-4231
Approximately 28,000 crashes involving combination unit trucks occur each year when they are making lane changes, merges, or turns. One contributing factor in these crashes is inadequate visibility for truck drivers. Recent advances in video technology have heightened the prospect of improving commercial vehicle safety by improving drivers' vision around the truck. For such video systems to be implemented on heavy trucks, the systems/driver interface should be demonstrated as viable through research. This paper presents the Camera/Video Imaging Systems (C/VISs) developed at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), the methodology used to test them, and some results obtained.
Citation: Wierwille, W., Schaudt, W., Fitch, G., and Hanowski, R., "Development of a Performance Specification for Indirect Visibility Systems on Heavy Trucks," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-4231, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-4231. Download Citation
Author(s):
Walter W. Wierwille, William A. Schaudt, Gregory M. Fitch, Richard J. Hanowski
Affiliated:
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
Pages: 14
Event:
SAE 2007 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2007 Transactions Journal of Commercial Vehicles-V116-2
