ABSTRACT

Human factors are the major cause of vehicle accidents. Almost all the causes of accidents are related to human factors involved in the driver’s maneuvers: especially on the errors of recognition, judgement and operation. Human response and sensitiveness are very individual matters and completeness of driving safety is not merely obtained not only from the averaged value of the operational characteristics, but also from the accomplishments of the grasping the limits of the performances. Improving the maneuverability of the vehicle is an urgent problem for vehicle-based technologies like collision avoidance systems. In this field of studies it is necessary to discuss from the point of view of the man-in-the-loop to consider active safety performance of the vehicle.