Abstract:
This documentation and software provides a tool which enable a user to perform the following tasks regarding vehicle spacing:; calculate the minimum initial spacing between two vehicles, calculate the possibility and severity of collision between two vehicles, visualize the motion of the two vehicles in the longitudinal direction during braking maneuvers, and calculate the highway capacity given factors for velocity, spacing, and size of vehicles and platoons.
Publication date:
March 1, 1997
Publication type:
Research Report
Citation:
Ioannou, P., Kanaris, A., & Grammagnat, A. (1997). Inter Vehicle Spacing: User’s Manual (2 Diskettes Included) (UCB-ITS-PWP-97-10). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0tt405rh