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Advanced Heavy Vehicle Safety Technology
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§ Automated vehicles where vehicles never (or almost nearly) crash
- Google car
- Vehicle platooning
Long term vision
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The pathway to driving automation
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§ Electronic stability control
§ Mandatory on all new cars
§ Reduces single vehicle run off road crashes by 33 per cent
Recent past
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§ Front under-run protection
§ Cabin strength
Recent past
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§ Australia has a National Heavy Vehicle Braking Strategy
§ Heavy vehicle anti-lock brakes, load proportioning valves for all new prime movers and trailers
§ Electronic stability control to be required on all new heavy vehicles – consultation paper later this year
Current State
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§ More sensors, longitudinal control, lateral control, increased object detection
§ ‘Roads that cars/trucks can read’
§ The ‘virtual crash barrier’
The near future – increased driver assistance for safety
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§ Forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking (front crashes)
§ Blind spot warning
§ Rear view assist (cameras, ultrasonics, radar)
§ Adaptive headlamps
§ – Steering responsive
§ – Automatic high beams
§ Cross traffic alert – front and rear
§ Night view assist
§ Highway pilot – adaptive cruise with lane keeping control
§ Pedestrian detection and avoidance
§ Unintentional lane departure warning and prevention (active assist)
Near future – understanding crash avoidance features already on vehicles
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§ Technologies considered: - Electronic Stability Control - Autonomous Emergency Braking Systems - Fatigue Warning Systems - Lane Departure Warning Systems.
§ Benefits were estimated in terms of savings of fatal, serious and minor injuries, as well as for property damage only crashes.
Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC): Crash avoidance technologies in heavy vehicles report.
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§ Fitment of Automated Emergency Brakes to all heavy vehicles could produce a 25 per cent fatal crash decrease
§ Fitment of Lane Departure Warning, Electronic Stability Control and Fatigue Warning Systems to all heavy vehicles could each reduce fatal heavy vehicle crashes by another 4% to 6%
§ Adding Autonomous Emergency Braking Systems to heavy vehicles will prevent up to a quarter of fatal crashes, which translates to $187 million.
Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC): Crash avoidance technologies in heavy vehicles report.
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V2X Communication
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Uptake of Swerve Stability Control in Vehicles Pathway to new technologies is long
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SUV - Optional SUV - Standard Passenger - Optional
Passenger - Standard Commercial - Optional Commercial - Standard
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How has vehicle safety contributed?
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Victorian fatalities by year 1969 - Mandatory seatbelts, seat anchorages
1977 -‐ Mandatory side impact structures
1972 -‐ Mandatory head restra7nts
1993 -‐ ANCAP introduced 1995 -‐ Full frontal crash protec7on
2003/4 -‐ Side and offset frontal crash protec7on
2013 -‐ Mandatory Electronic stability control
1988 -‐ Mandatory child restraint anchorages
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How has vehicle design safety contributed?
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§ Safety Technologies for Heavy Vehicles and Combinations
§ Safe Wheels Save Lives Simulator
§ Advocacy at the national level for new Australian Design Rules
§ Contributing research to the national agenda
How does VicRoads work to influence vehicle design?
Regulatory push
Market pull
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Victoria’s vehicle safety program in action