test of the Integrated Vehicle- Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) program. The plan covers the work that will be performed by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) using 16 passenger cars and 10 commercial trucks equipped with an integrated crash avoidance system.
The goal of the IVBSS program test is to collect data to objectively assess the potential safety benefits and driver acceptance associated with prototype integrated crash warning systems. The systems to be tested were developed and implemented by Visteon and Takata on the light-vehicle platform, and developed and implemented by Eaton and Takata on the heavy-truck platform. Both platforms have the following integrated crash warning functions:
• Forward crash warning (FCW), which warns drivers of the potential for a rear-end crash with another vehicle;
• Lateral drift warning (LDW), which warns drivers that they may be drifting inadvertently from their lane or departing the roadway; and
• Lane-change/merge warning (LCM), which warns drivers of possible unsafe lateral maneuvers based on adjacent or approaching vehicles in adjacent lanes, and includes fulltime side object presence indicators.
In addition, the light-vehicle platform also includes the curve-speed warning (CSW), which warns drivers that they are driving too fast into an upcoming curve and, as a result, might depart the roadway.
