DSS Car Simulator.

DSS Car Simulator.

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Predicting driving behavior and crash risk in real-time is a problem that has been heavily researched in the past years. Although in-vehicle interventions and gamification features in post-trip dashboards have emerged, the connection between real-time driving behavior prediction and the triggering of such interventions is yet to be realized. This i...

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... part of the i-DREAMS research project, 36 drivers participated in a driving simulator experiment to collect important data on various risk factors. The experiment was conducted from December 2020 to January 2021, using the DSS driving simulator of Figure 1 which was designed and built for the i-DREAMS project. Three different driving scenarios were implemented. ...

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