By
Driver Assistance Systems:
Paving the Way to
Self-Driving Vehicles
Ir. Mohd Hafzi Md Isa,
Muhammad Syukri Abdul Khalid,
Ir. Mohd Rasid Osman,
Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS)
A
s the world’s population continues to
expand, the need for reliable vehicles,
which are convenient, cost-effective, safe
and environmentally sustainable, is increasing.
In recent years, there are encouraging signs
of manufacturers deploying innovative and
advanced technologies in the form of driver
assistance systems (DAS) which can be
categorized into driver and vehicle support
systems. Although the development and
introduction of these systems was originally
instigated to improve road safety, there are also
systems that are capable of increasing road
capacity and lessening the environmental impact
of traffic [1]. The classification of DAS is further
elaborated in Table 1.
In line with the emergence of DAS, the
autonomous vehicle (AV) has become a hot
Table 1 – Classification of driver assistance systems [1]
Type
Driver support
system
Domain
Driver information
Driver perception
Driver convenience
Driver monitoring
Vehicle support
system
General vehicle control
Longitudinal and lateral control
Collision avoidance
Vehicle monitoring
Function
Navigation routing, integrated navigation, real-
time trraffic and traveller information
Vision enhancement, electronic mirror, parking
and reversing aid, state of the road surface
systems
Driver identification, hands-free and remote
control, automated transactions
Driver vigilance monitoring, driver health
monitoring
Automatic stop and go, platooning
Speed control, adaptive cruise control, road
and lane departure collision avoidance, lane
change and merge collision avoidance
Rear-end collision avoidance, obstacle and
pedestrian detection, intersection collision
warning
Tachograph, alerting systems, vehicle diagnostics
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