Dan McGeheeMark BrewerJune 16, 2016

Vehicle Safety Research

25 year history of vehicle safety research

Interdisciplinary research

Transportation & Vehicle Safety Group

Research has ties to:-National Advanced Driving Simulator-College of Engineering-Public Policy Center-College of Public Health-National Safety Council-MyCarDoesWhat.org

Current Products

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6_gMWDJWxs

Example of testing

https://youtu.be/2WPGhoHkgE8

Example: AEB Detection

Uses Camera and Radar to measure distance to car ahead

Measures directly forward in a straight line

Example: AEB distance

Measures distance and speed to calculate minimum stoppage distance

Example: AEB Testing

Minimum speed to activate AEB:- Stationary dummy car- Slow moving Volvo XC90

Testing variance in AEB activationTesting human driver trust in AEB

AEB testing: slow speed <30 mph

Weather conditions affect ABS:- Test in inclement

weatherTesting affects of weather on ABS variance

AEB testing: Slow speed <30 mph

Size of obstacle may affect detection and thus automatic braking

Using two inflatables as dummy pedestrians

Proposed use

Testing and demonstrations on emergency runway- Set up/Take down each day- No interference with seed demo- Low-speed testing

- U of Iowa insured for on-road use- Human subject testing covered by

Institutional Review Board at UI- Approximately 12-15 days per year- Would schedule in advance