Analysis of the Braking Process for Curvilinear Motion of Vehicle

Road incident reconstruction frequently includes the possibility of avoiding a collision. To perform such analysis, it is necessary to compare the available distance with the minimum braking distance. Therefore, to avoid a collision, the braking distance must be shorter than the available distance. The braking distance depends on parameters such as tyre-to-road adhesion coefficient, the initial velocity of a vehicle, the driver’s reaction time and the time needed to reach full braking force. However, the problem is that, in practice, none of these values are known during traffic incident reconstruction. As a result, the estimated vehicle velocity is uncertain. This is due to the method used to reconstruct a road incident (and the errors in the evidence data). [...]