The National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence (NSTSCE) at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) hosted the Fifth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center in Blacksburg, Virginia on August 30-31, 2016, with the Motorcycle Research and Technology Workshop and Women in Transportation Seminar – The Future of Transportation following on September 1.
Links to the presentations that have been provided are accessible via the links below.
Tuesday, August 30: Symposium Day 1
International Naturalistic Driving Research – Challenges and Solutions: A Panel
Moderator – Tom Dingus, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
- Canada Naturalistic Driving Study (CNDS): Description of Method and Database
Charlie Klauer, Lorin Elias, Gayatri Ankem, John Pearson, Jon Hankey
VTTI, University of Saskatchewan, Council of Deputy Ministers
- Issues and Barriers Faced when Designing and Running the European Naturalistic Driving Study UDRIVE
Nicole van Nes, Jonas Bargman, Julie Castermans, Michiel Christoph, Helena Gellerman
SWOV, Chalmers University, Ertico, SAFER
- Feedback from SCOOP@F FOT on Driver Behavior
Laurette Guyonvarch, Cyril Chauvel, Anne Guillaume
LAB Renault –PSA
- The Australian Naturalistic Driving Study (ANDS)
Raphael Grzebieta, Ann Williamson, Judith Charlton, Jan Eusebio, Kristie Young, Garrett Mattos, Sjaan Koppel, Mike Lenne, John Wall, Jon Antin
TARS Research Centre, Monash Univ. Accident Res. Centre, Seeing Machines, VTTI
Innovative Naturalistic Data Collection and Coding Techniques
Moderator – David Plazak, TRB
- Automated Recognition of Rear Seat Occupants’ Head Position Using KinectTM System
Helen Loeb, JinYong Kim, Kristy Arbogast, Jonny Kuo, Sjaan Koppel, Suzanne Cross , Judith Charlton
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Monash University Accident Research Centre
- Quality Control Considerations in Naturalistic Driving Data Reduction Efforts
Julie McClafferty, Jon Hankey, Miguel Perez
VTTI
- Teen Drivers’ Awareness of the Vehicle Instrumentation: A Qualitative Study
Johnathon Ehsani, Denise Haynie, Jessamyn Perlus, Chantelle Guillaume, Charlie Klauer, Bruce Simons-Morton
NICHD, VTTI
- Developing a Portable and Reliable Data Collection System for Evaluating Driver Behavior around Law Enforcement
Travis Terry, Ron Gibbons
VTTI
Looking into the Near Future: Crash Avoidance Technologies, Automated Vehicles, and Connected Vehicles
Moderator – Steven Smith, FMCSA
- Long-Term Driver Adaptation to a Forward Collision Warning System with Automatic Braking
Emily Nodine, Donald Fisher, Wassim Najm, Christian Jerome, Chris Monk, Gary Golembiewski
Volpe, NHTSA, Leidos
- Automated Vehicle Crash Rate Comparison Using Naturalistic Data
Jon Atwood, Myra Blanco, Sheldon Russell, Tammy Trimble
VTTI
- Mixed-Function Automation in Naturalistic Settings
Sheldon Russell, Jon Atwood, Vikki Fitchett, Tammy Trimble, Myra Blanco, Paul Rau
VTTI, NHTSA
- Driving Aggressiveness Classification when Interacting with Advanced In-vehicle Safety Systems
Xianan Huang, Shan Bao, Huei Peng, James Sayer
University of Michigan, UMTRI
New Ways of Looking at Things: Computer Vision and Data Modeling
Moderator – John Capp, GM
- Skin Detection for SHRP2 Face Video
Abhijit Sarkar, A. Lynn Abbott, Zachary Doerzaph
VTTI, Virginia Tech
- DCode: A Comprehensive Automatic Coding System for Driver Behavior Analysis
Amir Tamrakar, Gregory Ho, Jihua Huang, David Salter
SRI International
- ANN-Based Secondary Task Identification Model of Distracted Driving
Mengqiu Ye, Osama Osman, Sherif Ishak
LSU
- Using Naturalistic Driving Data to Analyze Effects of Drivers’ Age on Deceleration, Safety, and Travel Time
Angela Kitali, Kelvin Machumu, Thobias Sando
University of North Florida
Poster Session
Poster Potpourri
- The Influence of Daily Sleep Patterns of Commercial Truck Drivers on Driving Performance
Guang Chen, Youjia Fang, Feng Guo, Rich Hanowski
CDC/NIOSH, VTTI
- The Alabama VIP Driver Study: Studying the Role of Vision Impairment in Older Driver Performance Using Naturalistic Driving Techniques
Cynthia Owsley, Gerald McGwin Jr., Jon Antin, Jennifer Elgin, Joanne Wood
University of Alabama Birmingham, VTTI, Queensland University of Technology
- Field Study of Tractor Trailer Collision Avoidance Technology
Kevin Grove, Jon Atwood, Myra Blanco
VTTI
- Examining Drivers’ Eye Glance Patterns during Distracted Driving: Insights from a Probability Vector and Transition Matrix Analysis
Yuan Wang, Shan Bao, Wenjun Du, Mary Lynn Buonarosa, James Sayer
UMTRI
- The Interrelationship between Speed Limits, Geometry, and Driver Behavior
Peter Savolainen, Raha Hamzeie, Timothy Gates
Iowa State University, Michigan State University
Special Poster Topic: If You Can Read This... Car Following and Rear-end Crashes
Special Poster Topic: Where Did It Happen? Geospatial Analyses of Naturalistic Data
- Driving Diversity: Mediation by Practice Timing and Location of Residence, Findings from the Supervised Practice Driving Study
Johnathon Ehsani, Chunming Zhu, Charlie Klauer, Bruce Simons-Morton
NICHD, VTTI
- The Development of New Insights into Driver Behavior to Improve High Visibility Enforcement Programs
Alan Blatt, John Pierowicz, Kevin Majka, Sarvani Sonduru Pantangi, Md Tawfiq Sarwar, Panagiotis Anastasopoulos, Craig Thor
CUBRC, SUNY Buffalo, FHWA
- Identification of Work-Zones from SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) Database and the Roadway Information (RID) Database for Future Analysis of Work-Zone Safety
Amrita Goswamy, Shauna Hallmark, Omar Smadi
Iowa State University Institute for Transportation
Wednesday, August 31: Symposium Day 2
Beyond Police Reports: Crash Analyses Using Naturalistic Data
Moderator – Chris Hayes, Travelers
Using Naturalistic Driving Data to Unravel the Mystery that is the Teen Driver
Moderator – Cathy McGhee, VDOT
- Understanding the Role of Secondary Tasks in Increasing Teens’ Risk for Crash
Pnina Gershon, Charlie Klauer, Bruce Simons-Morton
NICHD, VTTI
- Examining the Potential of Elevated G-Force Events as “Teachable Moments”: The Supervised Practice Driving Study
Johnathon Ehsani, Chunming Zhu, Charlie Klauer, Bruce Simons-Morton
NICHD, VTTI
- From Naturalistic Driving Data to a Conceptual Framework of Teens Risky Driving Behavior
Pnina Gershon, Fearghal O'Brien, Chunming Zhu, Bruce Simons-Morton
NICHD
- What are the Psychosocial and Personality Characteristics of Teen Drivers whose Parents used Post Hoc Feedback vs Those who Did Not?
Gayatri Ankem, Tina Sayer, Charlie Klauer
VTTI, Toyota
Out in the Boondocks: Rural Safety Issues Addressed by Naturalistic Driving Data
Moderator – Monique Evans, FHWA
Zooming Forward: Motorcycles and Mopeds
Moderator – Ray Ochs, Motorcycle Safety Foundation
- Investigate Moped-Vehicle Conflicts in China using a Naturalistic Driving Study Approach
Yi Glaser, Feng Guo, Youjia Fang, Bing Deng, Jonathan Hankey
General Motors Company, VTTI
- Motorcyclists’ Self-Reported Riding Mileage Versus Actual Riding Mileage in the Following Year
Vicki Williams, Shane McLaughlin, Robert McCall, Tim Buche
VTTI, Motorcycle Safety Foundation
- Curves as a Risk Factor for Motorcyclists
Robert McCall, Cameron Rainey, Vicki Williams, Shane McLaughlin
VTTI
- Selected Lane Position as Motorcyclists Approach and Traverse Intersections
Vicki Williams, Shane McLaughlin, Tim Buche
VTTI, Motorcycle Safety Foundation
Thursday, September 1: Motorcycle Workshop
- On-Road Evaluation of Connected Motorcycle Crash Warning Interface
Miao Song, Shane McLaughlin, Zac Doerzaph
VTTI
- Curves as a Risk Factor for Motorcyclists
Robert McCall, Cameron Rainey, Vicki Williams, Shane McLaughlin
VTTI
- Deceleration Differences Between Novice and Experienced Riders
Cameron Rainey, Vicki Williams, Shane McLaughlin, Tim Buche
VTTI, Motorcycle Safety Foundation
- An Evaluation of the Effects of Motorcycle LED Brake Lamp Flash Frequency Sequences on Conspicuity When Texting in a Static Vehicle
Jeffrey A. Krupa
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- What Do We Know for Sure? Motorcyclist Riding Characteristics in Stated Preferences Data
Chanyoung Lee
Center for Urban Transportation Research
- Exploring Motorcyclist Riding Frequency in the MSF 100
Robert McCall, Shane McLaughlin, Scott Fritz, Tim Buche
VTTI, Motorcycle Safety Foundation
Thursday, September 1: Women in Transportation Seminar