V2V

Vehicle-to-Vehicle Safety Application Research Plan

John Maddox
NHTSA

U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Innovative Terchnology Administration

Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes

2007 FARS/GES

• 6 million crashes
• 41,000 fatalities
  • – 1.36 fatalities per 100 million VMT
• 2.5 million injuries
  • – 82 injuries per 100 million VMT

Crashes of all Severities

2007 GES

Cooperative vs. Vehicle Based Systems

• Vehicle Based Systems (e.g., FCW, LDW) have demonstrated effectiveness
• Cooperative Communication Systems ( V2V, V2I ) have even greater potential for safety benefits, and potentially lower costs
• Vehicle Based Systems can provide foundation for Cooperative Systems
• Deployment of Cooperative Communication Systems requires
  • – DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications)
  • – Resolution of interoperability and compatibility issues
  • – “Critical Mass”

Potential for Cooperative Systems

• Vehicle Communications will enable advanced and effective
  safety applications
• Potential to save thousands of lives, every year
• Enables the concept of Vehicles that don’t crash
• Additionally, enables mobility, productivity, environment, and
  convenience functions

Involving Key Stakeholders

• Cooperative Systems require integrated collaborative approach
  • – Integration of key stakeholders will result in faster deployment
• Collaborative efforts
  • – International Vehicle Communications Workshop & World Congress Demonstration – November 2008
    • Facilitated global understanding about what needs to be done and how to move forward Cooperative Systems
  • – Stakeholder Workshop – March 2009
    • Expedited Interoperability Efforts
    • Added Policy Track
    • Adding Commercial Vehicle Track

V2V Research Plan

NHTSA will focus first on V2V, with engagement on V2I

Assumptions:

1. The first application of V2V is to enable safety applications.
2. The deployment of V2V and V2I are mutually compatible.
3. The V2V system architecture will be compatible with the evolution in infrastructure technology and deployment.
4. DSRC at 5.9 GHz is our chosen communication option.

V2V Cooperative Systems

• Initial Safety Applications
  • – Emergency Electronic Brake Lights
  • – Forward Collision Warning
  • – Blind Spot Warning
  • – Lane Change Warning
  • – Do Not Pass/On-Coming Crash Warning
  • – Intersection Movement Assist
  • – Control Loss Warning

V2V Safety Research Plan

V2V Program

• Track 1 - Crash Scenarios
  • – Objective – Create a crash scenario framework by which to identify safety applications needs.
• Track 2 - Interoperability
  • – Objective – Ensure safety applications work across all equipped vehicles.
• Track 3 - Benefits Assessment
  • – Objective – Estimate the safety benefits of V2V safety applications.
  • – Regulation or NCAP decision
• Track 4 - Application Development
  • – Objective – Develop and prototype selected safety applications.
• Track 5 - Driver Issues
  • – Objective – Identify and address key driver issues with safety applications
  • – Ensure driver is not overloaded or distracted
• Track 6 – Policy Issues
  • – Objective – Identification of policy issues that are critical but not always unique to V2V and coordinate how these issues are addressed

Distraction Risk

Conclusion

• Advanced technologies have enormous safety potential
• NHTSA is actively pursuing deployment of effective safety technologies
• Vehicle Communications (V2V & V2I) will enable advanced and effective safety applications
• Challenges must be met for deployment
  • – Collaboration is key
• Need to guard against unintended consequences, such as driver distraction