Anwendungsmöglichkeiten von Motorradsimulatoren

[Possible applications for motorcycle simulators]
Author(s)
Hammer, T.; Pleß, R.; Will, S.; Neukum, A.; Merkel, N.L.
Year

Many safety-related research questions in the passenger car sector are already being investigated by using driving simulators. In addition, there are many studies that address the transferability of the results gained in car-simulators to real road traffic. In contrast, the use of motorcycle simulators is in a rather early stage. Nevertheless, large experience in the passenger car domain has shown that driving simulators can make a significant contribution to road safety. This potential has yet to be shown for motorcycle simulators. Motorcycle simulators for research and development purposes with a complex technical structure are available in very few research institutions. There are hardly any scientific studies on the applicability or transferability of the achieved results. In addition, it has not been clarified which configuration level of motorcycle simulation is necessary to investigate specific research questions. This is a large deficit of motorcycle simulators, especially when todays high counts of heavy and fatal accidents of motorcyclists demand for innovative solutions in accident prevention and severity mitigation. Performing safety-relevant studies on motorcycle simulators could – just like in the car domain – become an important and harm-free tool to efficiently investigate e.g. intervening assistance systems like autonomous emergency braking or evasion systems. Also, rider trainings in a totally risk-free environment might be a welcome usecase to generate a positive effect on the safety of real road riding. Accordingly, two goals were set for the present project. Firstly, knowledge about the potential applications of motorcycle simulators of different configuration levels has to be gained. This should result in a best practice that helps the simulator users to decide, which investigation allows for the use of motorcycle simulators of certain configurations. Secondly, the project aims at developing a novel method for the validation of motorcycle simulators. This method should allow justified assessments of motorcycle simulator validity, regarding the potential applications mentioned above, with a defined number of investigations. The main assumption of the method is that complex riding tasks can be divided into smaller units that allow for discrimination of specific rider input characteristics, the so-called minimal-scenarios. These minimal-scenarios are riding tasks such as starting from a standstill, initiating a curve at constant velocity or braking to standstill. Furthermore, it is assumed that minimal-scenarios can be reorganized to complex riding tasks. This is intended to describe the variety of potential applications with a necessary minimum of elementary tasks in order to reduce the validation effort.

Report number
M 323
Pages
99
Series
Berichte der Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, Reihe M: Mensch und Sicherheit
ISBN
978-3-95606-651-1
ISSN
0943-9315
Library number
20220169 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Bericht zum Forschungsprojekt 82.0700 der Bundesanstalt für Strassenwesen BASt

Publisher
Bundesanstalt für Strassenwesen BASt, Bergisch Gladbach

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