Rearview and Indirect-Vision Systems
There have been many improvements over the years in the mirror systems used on passenger vehicles and heavy trucks. Even so, the systems currently in use leave major blind zones that have been linked to elevated crash levels, primarily in lane-change and backing maneuvers. UMTRI researchers use their knowledge of crash data, driver visual perception, and vehicle geometries to determine how innovative mirrors (including convex and aspheric mirrors), camera systems, and object-detection systems can be combined to offer drivers more reliable and convenient ways to maintain awareness of the traffic environment around them.
Recent Publications
SEE MOREM. Flannagan, M. Sivak, J. Schumann, S. Kojima, Eric C. Traube
conference paper IN: Vision in vehicles - VIII (c2012), p. 126-134
M. Sivak, J. Devonshire, M. J. Flannagan, M. P. Reed.
report UMTRI-2008-32
IN: Sponsored by: University of Michigan Industry Affiliation Program for Human Factors in Transportation Safety.
This study examined the relationship between the size of the driver-side outside mirror and the frequency of lane-change crashes. To...