In the driver's mind: cognitive modeling of human overtaking behavior when interacting with oncoming automated vehicles

Understanding human behavior in overtaking scenarios is crucial for enhancing road safety in mixed traffic with automated vehicles (AVs). Modeling plays a pivotal role in advancing our comprehension of human overtaking behavior in dynamically evolving scenarios. Currently, our understanding of overtaking behavior primarily revolves around...

Response times in drivers' gap acceptance decisions during overtaking

Overtaking on two-lane roads can lead to increased collision risks due to drivers' errors in evaluating whether or not to accept the gap to the vehicle in the opposite lane. Understanding these gap acceptance decisions can help mitigate the risks associated with overtaking. Previous research on overtaking has focused on the factors...

Ship behavior during encounters in ports and waterways based on AIS data: From theoretical definitions to empirical findings

Currently, the research on ship behavior during encounters focuses on evasive behavior during specific situations with existing risks of collision. However, the preliminary selection of encounters to refine the presented ship behavior is biased. To obtain a full understanding of all ship behavior during different encounters in ports and...

Analyzing the relation between the gap acceptance behavior and the response time of drivers' decisions during overtaking

Overtaking on two-lane roads can cause dangerous situations, due to drivers’ errors during the gap acceptance decision. Understanding gap acceptance decisions can help mitigate these situations. Response time (i.e. the time it takes the driver to evaluate the gap and make a decision) has been shown to provide valuable insights into the cognitive...

Safety implications of the introduction of Autonomous Vehicles on rural roads: An agent-based modeling approach

With the increasing research of autonomous vehicles coming closer to introduction in society, it is necessary to research the effects on traffic safety for the introduction of these types of vehicles for rural roads. A lot of research has been done for the introduction of AVs on highway roads, researching the introduction for rural roads is the...

Understanding Behavioural Adaptations of Human Drivers interacting with Automated Vehicles

Advancements in technology are bringing Automated vehicles (AVs) closer to reality and it is not so far in future when these vehicles will have a significant penetration rate in our existing transport network. However, in the early phases of automation, penetration rate of these vehicles will be very low. This would lead to a mixed traffic...

The Effect of Complementing Haptic Shared Control with Visual Feedback on Driving Behaviour during Overtake Manoeuvres

Driving with driver assistance systems utilising haptic shared control (HSC) can lead to annoyance, or even disuse, when the intent of both entities differs. In order to increase compliance and acceptance of these systems, this study explores two types of visual information projected onto the outside scenery. One visualisation portrays only the...

Human-like overtaking maneuvers using Inverse Optimal Control

In recent years, rapid progress has been made towards automated highway driving. To increase comfort and trust in these automated cars, their motion planners, such as Model Predictive Controllers (MPCs), should exhibit a human-like driving style. However the effect of surrounding traffic on overtaking maneuvers has not yet been investigated....

Multi-objective periodic railway timetabling on dense heterogeneous railway corridors

This paper proposes a new multi-objective periodic railway timetabling (MOPRT) problem with four objectives to be minimized: train journey time, timetable regularity deviation, timetable vulnerability and the number of overtakings. The aim is to find an efficient, regular and robust timetable that utilizes the infrastructure capacity as good as...

Modelling overtaking strategy and lateral distance in car-to-cyclist overtaking on rural roads: A driving simulator experiment

The involvement of cyclists in road crashes has not been decreasing with the same magnitude as the involvement of other road users. In particular, the interactions between cyclists and motorized traffic can lead to high-severity crashes. To improve the safety of these interactions, a thorough understanding of road user behaviour is first needed....

Calibration and validation for the vessel maneuvering prediction (VMP) model using AIS data of vessel encounters

The Vessel Maneuvering Prediction (VMP) model, which was developed in a previous work with the aim of predicting the interaction between vessels in ports and waterways, is optimized in this paper by considering the relative position and vessel size (length and beam). The calibration is carried out using AIS data of overtaking vessels in the...

Influence of external conditions and vessel encounters on vessel behavior in ports and waterways using Automatic Identification System data

The impact of many external factors, such as wind, visibility and current, on the behavior of vessels in ports and waterways has not been investigated systematically in existing maritime traffic models. In order to fill the current knowledge gap and provide a basis for developing a new model to effectively simulate maritime traffic, the...

When do drivers abort an overtaking maneuver 5 on two-lane rural roads

Overtaking on two-lane roads is a complex driving maneuver. Drivers who desire to overtake a lead vehicle need to evaluate the available gaps in the opposite direction and accept a sufficient gap to successfully complete the overtaking maneuver. However, often drivers realize that the gap they accepted is shorter than what they actually need to...

Steering controller identification and design for human-like overtaking

AIS data analysis for vessel behavior during strong currents and during encounters in the Botlek area in the Port of Rotterdam

Maritime traffic safety and capacity raise enormous attention nowadays, especially in ports and inland waterways with high traffic density and restricted waterway geometry. However, a limited number of factors is considered in existing maritime models. Especially influences of external factors (wind, visibility and current), vessel encounters...

AIS-data analysis for vessel behavior during strong currents and during encounters in the Botlek Area in the Port of Rotterdam

Maritime traffic safety and capacity raise enormous attention nowadays, especially in ports and inland waterways with high traffic density and restricted waterway geometry. However, a limited number of factors is considered in existing maritime models. Especially influences of external factors (wind, visibility and current), vessel encounters...