New driving simulators to reduce road accident
A new European research project entitled "Train-All" has just been launched and aims to reduce the number of road accident victims. Among the 17 partners from eight different countries, psychologists at the University of Wuerzburg participated in this project.
A significant part of these accidents involves particular driver cohorts, such as motorcycle riders, truck drivers and emergency vehicle drivers. For example, accidents with the involvement of novice drivers account for roughly 15% of all traffic accidents, whereas this group accounts only for 2% of the total traffic volume.
Several scientific studies have shown that a good percentage of these accidents may be attributed to insufficient or even inappropriate training, of higher order skills and risk awareness. CBT tools, such as training videos and CD's, multimedia training s/w, static and dynamic driving simulators, VR and AR driving simulators, Ambient Intelligence and cooperative driving- based simulation systems, mobile units (i.e. eye tracking) and in-vehicle tools (black box, ADAS, IVICS, cameras) have been proposed and used to train relevant skills in small scale projects so far.
"Scientific studies have shown that many traffic accidents are related to 'lack of practice' users and ignorance of the dangers of the road," says Prof.. Hans-Peter Krüger. Project researchers have tried to remedy this through training simulator systems and driver assistance which provides technical assistance. Among these systems, there is a process that prevents collisions on the road: it warns the driver by an audio signal when the vehicle is located a short distance from the vehicle earlier and sometimes it does not even have the reaction of the driver and automatically stops the vehicle.
TRAIN-ALL aims to develop a computer-based training system for different land-based drivers cohorts, that integrates multimedia s/w, driving simulator, virtual driving simulator and on-board vehicle sensors, into a single modular platform.
The European project "Train All" (for all periods) set up systems in line with those quoted above, and pays special attention to the development of driving simulators. They are designed for different types of drivers: drivers, truck drivers, drivers of police car or ambulance.
Ref.:
http://www.trainall-eu.org/
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