A Study of the Effect Evaluation of Brake Assist System in Emergency Situation Using a Survey Simulator to Evaluate Safety Systems (ASSESS)

The authors are developing A Survey Simulator to Evaluate Safety Systems (ASSESS), which reproduces real-world intersections as a virtual environment on a computer. The vehicles that appear in this virtual environment can run autonomously almost equal to actual vehicles as the agents. Therefore, this simulator evaluates the effect of the active safety system based on the changes of the number of traffic accidents and near-miss incidents when the active safety system is installed in these agents. The Brake Assist System (BAS) was selected as an evaluation target of the active safety system. This study revealed the benefits of BAS in emergency situations.