The Actual Use of the Dynamic Performances of Vehicles
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
- Vol. 207 (4), 249-256
- https://doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1993_207_190_02
Abstract
INRETS (France) has carried out research work to determine to what extent drivers make use of the dynamic performances of vehicles in the course of everyday driving. A sample of drivers from varied backgrounds drove over a set distance, including all types of road infrastructures, at the wheel of a specially instrumented vehicle. The data analysis shows that longitudinal and lateral accelerations are low in everyday driving. Significant inter-individual variations in the behaviour of drivers, when at the wheel of the same vehicle, over the same stretch of road, were also revealed.Keywords
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