What to expect from Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

摘要

Statistics have proven that more than 90% of all road accidents are caused by human error. Active road safety measures have the objective of avoiding such accidents. Among these, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) more particularly aim at raising drivers' awareness of potentially hazardous situations, thus reducing human error.rnADAS can be classified in 3 categories: Systems related to thern1. longitudinal control of the vehicle (speed, distance to vehicle ahead);rn2. lateral control of the vehicle (eg unintentional lane departure, black spots in overtaking manoeuvres);rn3. others.