Analysis of the attention distraction of inexperienced drivers using a fuzzy model – research results

2019 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
Mikołaj Kruszewski ◽  
Mirosław Nader
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Fuzzy Model ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
The Road ◽  
Model Research ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

Limiting the number and consequences of the traffic accidents is one of the most important goals of the EU policy for the road transport. Despite significant efforts in this area, the targets set for the 2010-2020 decade are unlikely to be achieved. This may be due to, inter alia, the increasing importance of the driver attention distraction as a factor contributing to their occurrence. In order to limit the effects of distraction, attempts are made to develop a method to detect such a state of a driver. The distraction of the driver affects the way he drives the vehicle. The authors in their earlier work conducted a research aimed at developing model for detecting states of distraction of the driver's attention, based on a change in the method of vehicle steering. The developed model uses fuzzy logic to detect distraction. This paper presents the results of this model's operation on a sample of 72 drivers, including 36 inexperienced drivers who were the main object of the tests.

A Kalman filtering fuzzy logic algorithm for recognition of lane departure

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kai Ren
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Kalman Filtering ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Algorithm ◽  
The Road ◽  
Departure Decision ◽  
Lane Departure ◽  
Fusion Analysis

In all kinds of traffic accidents, the unconscious departure of the vehicle from the lane is one of the most important reasons leading to the occurrence of these accidents. In view of the specific problem of lane departure, a lane departure decision-making method is established without calibration relying on the Kalman filtering fuzzy logic algorithm, according to the characteristics of expressway lanes, based on the machine vision and hearing fusion analysis of lane departure, integrating the extraction of the linear lane line model and the region of interest (ROI) in this paper to judge the degree of vehicle departure from the lane by integrating the slope values of the 2 lane lines in the road image. The results show that the system has good lane recognition capabilities and accurate departure decision-making capabilities, and meet the lane departure warning requirements in the expressway environment.

Schengen: Quo Vadis?

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie De Somer
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Implementation Practices ◽  
Quo Vadis ◽  
Border Controls ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

Abstract The EU’s Schengen zone has been in crisis for over four years. This article critically reviews three scenarios on the way forward for the Schengen area that are currently circulating in the EU policy sphere. These include, first, proposals to improve the current rules on internal border checks within the Schengen Borders Code, either through reform or through better implementation practices. A second scenario relates to ideas on increasing the use of police checks in border regions as alternatives for internal border controls. A third scenario links to proposals on making access to the Schengen zone conditional on cooperation and good governance in the CEAS. It is submitted that the proposals in this third scenario are unfeasible for both political as well as legal reasons. More merit can be found in the discussions around the first two scenarios, albeit bearing in mind a number of important caveats.

scholarly journals MODELLING TRAFFIC FLOWS USING GRAPH THEORY

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 86-89
Author(s):  
Oksana Musyt ◽  
Oksana Nadtochij ◽  
Aleksandr Stepanchiuk ◽  
Andrej Beljatynskij
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Network Optimization ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road ◽  
Traffic Jams ◽  
On The Road

An intensive increase in road transport, particularly individual, in recent years has led to such consequences as increased time spent on travel, the number of forced stops, traffic accidents, the occurrence of traffic jams on the road network, reducing traffic speed and a deteriorated urban road network in cities. The most effective method for solving these problems is the use of graph theory, the main characteristics of which is reliability, durability and accessibility of a free as well as loaded network. Based on their analysis the methods for network optimization are proposed.

scholarly journals Rail transport in supply chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 859-862
Author(s):  
Mirosław Antonowicz ◽  
Henryk Zielaskiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
The Eu

The paper discusses the problem of competitiveness between the rail and road transport with reference to the EU policy for sustainable development of the transport branch. The paper presents the idea of complexity of services which facilitates the development of logistic networks. The authors formulate preliminary assumptions recommended for designing and construction of multimodal hubs. Further, they describe examples of European and Polish businesses which, thanks to the consolidation of services, widened their offer of logistic capabilities. The authors highlight the need for action aiming at the reversal of the unfavorable trend and increasing the cargo flow by rail, and not road. Finally, they discuss the necessity to reform the current freight transport by rail through the construction of comprehensive supply chains.

scholarly journals The Biomethane Injection into the Natural Gas Networks: The EU’s Gas Synergy Path

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
J. Savickis ◽  
L. Zemite ◽  
N. Zeltins ◽  
I. Bode ◽  
L. Jansons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Gas Networks ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Eu

AbstractBiomethane is one of the most promising renewable gases (hereafter – RG) – a flexible and easily storable fuel, and, when used along with the natural gas in any mixing proportion, no adjustments on equipment designed to use natural gas are required. In regions where natural gas grids already exist, there is a system suitable for distribution of the biomethane as well. Moreover, improving energy efficiency and sustainability of the gas infrastructure, it can be used as total substitute for natural gas. Since it has the same chemical properties as natural gas, with methane content level greater than 96 %, biomethane is suitable both for heat and electricity generation, and the use in transport.Biomethane is injected into the natural gas networks of many Member States of the European Union (hereafter – the EU) on a regular basis for more than a decade, with the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Sweden and France being among pioneers in this field. In most early cases, permission to inject biomethane into the natural gas grids came as part of a policy to decarbonize the road transport sector and was granted on a case-by-case basis. The intention to legally frame and standardise the EU’s biomethane injection into the natural gas networks came much later and was fulfilled in the second half of the present decade.This paper addresses the biomethane injection into the natural gas grids in some EU countries, highlights a few crucial aspects in this process, including but not limited to trends in standardisation and legal framework, injection conditions and pressure levels, as well as centralised biogas feedstock collection points and the biomethane injection facilities. In a wider context, the paper deals with the role of biomethane in the EU energy transition and further use of the existing natural gas networks.

scholarly journals La respuesta europea a las “empresas buzón”: normas y jurisprudencia en el ámbito social, tributario y de transporte = A European response to “letterbox companies” in social, tax and transport: rules and case

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 536
Author(s):  
Mireia Llobera
Keyword(s):  
Road Transport ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Road ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Eu Commission ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Research Studies

 Resumen: El presente trabajo estudia la respuesta comunitaria a las prácticas empresariales que pretenden, mediante sociedades ficticias, eludir las normas de acceso al mercado con el objetivo de obtener ventajas competitivas, y que vienen siendo denominadas “empresas buzón”. En particular, se analizará cómo aborda esta cuestión la Directiva 2014/67/UE relativa a la garantía de cumplimiento de la Directiva 96/71/CE relativa al desplazamiento de trabajadores y el Reglamento (CE) n.º 1071/2009 sobre el acceso a la profesión de transportista por carretera; así como las propuestas normativas de la Comisión en el marco del “paquete de movilidad” en lo concerniente al requisito de establecimiento. En definitiva, se establecerán parámetros de eficacia de tales normas, sirviéndonos de las propuestas en el sector de carreteras como paradigma de análisis. Las distintas fórmulas utilizadas por las instituciones comunitarias para hacer frente a este tipo de prácticas — en el ámbito social, fiscal y sectorial— se des­cribirán críticamente; así como los pronunciamientos que en las últimas décadas han ofrecido criterios interpretativos para la identificación de tales “empresas buzón”.Palabras clave: dumping social, empresas buzón, libertades comunitarias, desplazamiento trasna­cional de trabajadores, evasión fiscal, paquete de movilidad, transporte por carretera.Abstract: This piece of research studies EU response to the practices that pretend, through ficti­tious societies, to elude the norms of access to the market with the objective of obtaining competitive ad­vantages, often called “letterbox companies”. In particular, case-law and regulations on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers shall be analyzed under the light of normative proposals of the EU Commission in the framework of the “mobility package”. In short, parameters of effectiveness of such standards shall be established, taking proposals in the road sector as analytical paradigm. Different formulas used by the Community institutions, in social, tax and sectorial areas will be described critically; as well as ECJ rulings that in the last decades have offered interpretative criteria for the identification of such “letterbox companies”.Keywords: social dumping, letterbox companies, EU freedoms, posting of workers, tax elusion, mobility package, road transport.

Autonomous future of the road transport - AV-POLAND 2021 Conference

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
Mariusz Zbyszyński
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Modern Logistics ◽  
The Road ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

Transport is one of the most important components of the world around us. Effective and modern logistics allows to achieve economic growth. Means of transport influence the lifestyle of residents and the way in which urban space is designed and used today.

scholarly journals PROTECTIVE FOREST STRIPS ALONG AUTOMOTIVE ROADS

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-50
Author(s):  
Екатерина Кулакова ◽  
Ekaterina Kulakova ◽  
Алексей Штепа ◽  
Aleksey Shtepa ◽  
Алексей Чернодубов ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Main Function ◽  
Noise And Vibration ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road

Despite the economic transformation in Russia, and the decline in the development of certain industries, the stability of the existence and development of social and economic relations depends on the freight and passenger turnover of the country. Shipping and passengers on public roads tends to increase, which leads to an increase in the proportion of all types of road transport on the road network. Transport, in addition to the positive aspects for the social and economic sphere, also has negative sides, in the form of a large number of traffic accidents, congestion situations and environmental pollution. At the present stage of the study of these negative aspects, ecology plays a special, important role, protecting the environment from the negative impact of transport. There is a need to protect the roadside area, which is able to provide cut-off of emissions of polluted substances into the air and a kind of noise and vibration protection near the road. This problem can be solved by creating protective plantings, since green plantings are the best are the best natural (inartificial) means of protection against air pollution, snow and sand drifts, noise and vibration, they provide architectural and artistic design along the roads. And, in addition to performing their main function - protection, they are of great practical importance along the regional and federal highways, since they have a beneficial effect on the growth conditions of agricultural crops, blocking the way for hot dry winds.

scholarly journals Use of geo-information systems in the registration of road-traffic accidents on the roads

2021 ◽  
Vol 264 ◽  
pp. 02021
Author(s):  
Sirojiddin Yadgarov ◽  
Qurbon Muminov ◽  
Qaxramon Ergashev ◽  
Ruzigul Sayfutdinova
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Level Density ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Similar Rate ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
The Road

We come up with the use of traditional methods in recording road traffic accidents that occur on highways, which makes the YTH analysis several difficulties and shortcomings. The analysis of YTH s has been shown to be effective in the use of Geoinformation systems. In conclusion, it can be noted that international experience shows that in recent years in European countries with well-developed motorization with high GDP and the level density of the road network, a national policy, and programs in the field of road safety in the medium and long term, in addition to the General problems and methods of their solutions, identifies targets, characterizing the level of road safety. This must include experience in implementing similar programs in other countries with a similar rate of car ownership, income level of the population, the condition, and development of the road network. The level of development of the road network, which is characterized by compliance with the total length, density, distribution of roads by functional value and categories, socio-economic needs of society in road transport, plays a significant role in the formation of accidents.

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