ABSTRACT
The goal of advisory crash avoidance and collision warning system designers is to increase the situation awareness of the typical driver to a level at which common performance errors will be reduced, thereby reducing the overall crash rate of vehicles. Crash avoidance research and development is becoming a kind of matchmaking in which crash problems are matched to available technologies. Detection of the crossing-path vehicle would require more sophisticated sensors and data processing, and would involve more complex driver human factors issues. Many human factors issues overlap between system categories. Behavior adaptation and driver acceptance will be issues in advisory and collision warning systems, but they will be prominent concerns automated systems where driver control is usurped. Technology has given system designers an opportunity to make great strides in crash reduction and improvements in transportation safety. However, it must never be forgotten that technology in this application is a double-edged sword that must be wielded with care.
