00681962

Monograph

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At the request of the U.S. Congress, the National Research Council, operating through the Transportation Research Board (TRB), assembled a committee of 13 to assess the capacity and demand for the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS). Specifically, the committee was asked to determine whether "it is highly likely that NADS will be used to at least 80 percent of capacity, as defined by the TRB, after a start-up period of two years; provided that for the purposes of TRB determination, no more than 50 percent of capacity usage is attributed to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)." NADS is planned to be the most sophisticated driving simulator in the world. This report contains the committee's response. The first chapter consists of a statement of the committee's response followed by brief discussions of the assumptions that the committee made and the issues and concerns that it encountered and debated during its deliberations. Twelve committee members endorsed the committee's response. One member was unconvinced by the available evidence that NADS would achieve the level of use described in the task statement to the committee; his statement is included as part of the response. The rest of the report presents background material about the NADS program and information about driving simulator technology, driving simulator research, the demand for advanced simulators for driving research, and the costs associated with the development, operations, and maintenance of an advanced driving simulator.

English

47 p.

1995

0309061113

Figures (1) ; References; Tables (3)

Costs; Demand; Driving; Driving simulators; Economic forecasting; Estimating; Research; Technological innovations; Utilization

National Advanced Driving Simulator

Economics; Finance; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I90: Vehicles

TRIS, TRB

Jul 26 1995 12:00AM