Longitudinal and Lateral Accelerations in Normal Day Driving

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Main author

Nickel, M.

Co-Authors

Hugemann, W.

Type of media

-

Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2003

Publisher

12. EVU-Jahrestagung, Zürich 2003

Citation

Nickel, M.; Hugemann, W.: Längs- und Querbeschleunigungen im Alltagsverkehr. 12. EVU-Jahrestagung, Zürich 2003

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German, 8 pages, 7 figures, 16 references
Keywords: driving behaviour, driving experience

In most accidents, the driving behaviour prior to reaction is governed by personal habits and not by the urge to protect oneself. In our investigation we instrumented the personal cars of 11 test persons with a bi-axial accelerometer and a speed sensor. During a one hour test drive on normal roads the longitudinal and lateral accelerations were recorded and evaluated statistically.