Side collision warning system for transit buses

• Main Authors: MCNEIL, Sue, DUGGINS, David, MERTZ, Christoph, SUPPE, Arne, THORPE, Chuck
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Alarm systems; Accidents; Intelligent vehicles; US Department of Transportation; Intelligent sensors; Vehicle driving; Mirrors; Robots; Vehicle detection; Vehicle safety; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8398; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9401/viewcontent/Side_Collision_Warning_Systems_for_transit_buses__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Transit buses are involved in many more accidents than other vehicles. Collision warning systems (CWS) are therefore placed most efficiently on these buses. In our project, we investigate their operating environment and available technologies to develop performance specifications for such CWS. The paper discusses our findings of transit buses driving through very cluttered surroundings and being involved in many different types of accidents where currently available CWS no not work effectively. One of the focuses of our work is pedestrians around the bus and their detection.