The Daimler-Benz driving simulator is a tool for car development and driver behavior research. It has been used also for road design studies concerning traffic regulations and safety as well as for reconstruction of special accidents. Some experiments which deal with these applications will be discussed in detail: (1) Different speed reducing measures led to a significant reduction of speed in a Dutch village. Several combinations of this measure are examined and compared with the results in real world. (2) The reconstruction of an accident scene with a gasoline carrier with respect to road, vehicle and environmental data is used to find out the reasons for the real accident. (3) German traffic laws German traffic laws concerning the range of sight at the entrance of tunnels are tested with different tunnel widths. For further research an urban environment is presented which can be used for different investigations about urban traffic planning. (A)
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