ASEAN NCAP's Study on the Effectiveness of Passenger Car Blind Spot Technology (BST) to Detect Motorcycles

Abstract

This paper shall explain the effectiveness of Blind Spot Technology (BST) fitted in passenger cars to detect small engine capacity motorcycles. A total of eight passenger cars and six motorcycles were involved in this research study as the target vehicles (TVs) and subject vehicles (SVs), respectively. The experiment took place at a makeshift test track in Putrajaya (a recreational airfield), in which the TVs overtook SVs at certain predefined speeds and distances. The results show that the detection performance varies for SVs, whereby the distance of TVs from SVs is the main aspect of concern regarding detection in order to avoid car-motorcycle crashes owing to the blind spot phenomenon. Additionally, based on the results, it is predicted that the complexity and various scenarios as exemplified in the research are most likely encountered in everyday driving.