Passive Detection of Wrong Way Drivers on Motorways Based on Low Power Wireless Communications

Analysis of driver injury severity in wrong-way driving crashes on controlled-access highways

“…Most past studies concluded that young drivers and older drivers are overrepresented in the WWD crashes. Most of the crashes caused by drivers in the young and middle-age range occurred because of distraction (Haendeler et al, 2014;, while most crashes caused by drivers in the senior age range occurred because of some physical illnesses such as dementia or confusion (ITARDA, 2002). The findings of a study by Gibbons et al (2012) established a relationship between aging and nighttime driving behaviors, signifying that older drivers have more difficulty detecting objects than younger drivers when the roadway is not lit well.…”

Radio-Based Traffic Flow Detection and Vehicle Classification for Future Smart Cities

“…In order to deal with the previously mentioned disadvantages and to achieve high classification success rates, we propose a detection and classification system which is integrated in present traffic infrastructure (e.g., delineator posts) leveraging the attenuation of radio signals caused by vehicles passing the setup. Essential preparatory work with regard to the system setup has been done in a previous project to detect wrong way drivers on motorways [12], which has a detection rate of over 99% for different traffic conditions. Therefore, we adopted the symmetrical setup with spatially separated transmitting and receiving units to extend the system to a high-precision detection and classification system for parking space accounting on motorway service areas based on the analysis of signal attenuation.…”

Design and Modelling of Wrong Way Warning

“…system relies on a windshield-mounted camera to pick up Do Not Enter or Wrong Way signs and pairs it with data from the car's navigation system. If the car starts driving against the flow of traffic, it fires off visible and audible warnings for the driver [2]. Unfortunately, the system stops short of intervening or stopping the car from traveling the wrong way.…”