Computer may reduce run-off-the-road crashes
By: Drivers.com staff
Date: 2015-06-17
The U.S. Department of Transportation is set to start testing a system that warns drivers when they are about to drift off the road and crash into an obstacle, or are traveling too fast for an upcoming curve. The tests involve 120 drivers who will use 10 equipped cars for several weeks each in Michigan. The test will last three years, with on-road testing starting in 2003.
The technology warns of an imminent collision, but the driver retains control of the vehicle. The system operates on straight and curved paved roads as well as day or night and in light rain. According to the DOT article, run-off-the-road crashes account for more than 20 percent of all police-reported crashes in the U.S. (1.2 million a year), and more than 41 percent of all in-vehicle fatalities (15,000 a year).
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