DRIVER CAR FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR UNDER TEST TRACK AND OPEN ROAD DRIVING CONDITION

This paper presents the results of an experiment which focused on driver behavior in car following tasks. The research was motivated by a desire to understand the dynamics of driver headway control as a guide for setting the automatic control characteristics of an Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system. Experiments are described, and the results describe data analysis, dynamic coupling and control and headway distributions.