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Road safety has been a serious global problem. This paper first summarizes the impact of “human factor” on the road traffic crashes; secondly, it analyzes the importance of the “human factor” in the road traffic system through constructing a conventional road traffic system model; thirdly, through in-depth analysis of driver’s information processing and “driving ability” and its limitations, it clarifies the importance of the “driving ability” on road safety; finally, according to the technical characteristics of ITS, it proposes a new road traffic system model under the effects of ITS, and then comparing with the conventional model, it makes clear that the ITS technologies will improve and protect the “driving ability”, and thus effectively enhance road safety. This study will have active significance on the following in-depth studies on the potential benefits and advantages of ITS technologies on road safety in the future.
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The work described in this paper was supported by the major science and technology research project of transport information technologies from the MOT of China “Research and Formulation of the Application of IOT Technologies’ Standards on Urban ITS Field”. (No. 2012-364-223-114)
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Liu, W., Li, B. (2015). Research on the Mechanism of Intelligent Transportation Systems on Improving Road Safety. In: Deng, Z., Li, H. (eds) Proceedings of the 2015 Chinese Intelligent Automation Conference. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46466-3_26
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