INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCES WITH ELECTRONIC STABILITYPROGRAM (ESP) IN CARS

摘要

At present a dynamic development in the field of active safety systems andelectronic driver assistance system takes place. The former distinction between active andpassive safety is increasingly substituted by networking an integrated safety concept. TheElectronic Stability Program ESP as a key technology combines aspects of active and passivesafety as proven on the basis of real world accident studies which are analyzed in this report.On three levels, the results of international research regarding ESP are presented which showa high degree of conformity.Skidding accidents are a focal problem of safety as they comprise about 25% of all accidentswith personal injury and 35-46% of fatal car accidents. Even for commercial vehicles ESPrelevant skidding accidents account for around 9% of all accidents. Based on in-depth studiesa positive impact of ESP can be expected lowering accidents with personal injury involvingskidding by 45%; in fatal accidents this reduction rate may amount up to 67% and more.Field studies of GDV and other international research institutes confirm these expectations.From different international and independent studies and field studies of GDV it has beenobserved that for ESP equipped cars a decrease of accidents by about 20 took place.Therefore, it is a major safety requirement of highest priority to integrate the dynamic stabilitysystem ESP as soon as possible as seria equipment in all passenger cars, light commercialvehicles, trucks, truck-trailer combinations and buses.