A SAFETY-OVERTAKING ASSISTANT SYSTEM USING VANET

Abstract

Overtaking maneuver is the most dangerous road maneuver because of its serious consequences which causes vehicle damages, serious injuries and even life lost. The main motivation of this thesis is finding solution for the continuously increasing number of vehicle road accidents due to overtaking maneuver especially in high ways by developing safety application program that can assist drivers in overtaking maneuver. The safety-overtaking assistant will help the driver in such type of maneuver by informing him whether he/she can safely overtake or not. The safety-overtaking assistant application program will study all vehicles involved in the overtaking maneuver by knowing each vehicle velocity, acceleration, direction and distance between each vehicle and another. The overtaking decision will be taken carefully by using of mathematical equations that take in its consideration all safety aspects. In this research, the safety-overtaking assistant has been developed and tested using NCTUns VANET simulator. The testing results show that the application is working effectively as it should with zero mistakes or accidents. For future work, the safety-overtaking application program can be installed in real vehicle and tested in real environment.