Abstract
This paper aims at analyzing vehicle-platooning safety on a real-world arterial corridor where the initial speed and relative distance between each vehicle in the platoon were recorded via videocamera. Assuming emergency deceleration of the lead vehicle, seven-vehicle simulations were then executed to analyze variations to car-following safety within the platoon. Numerical analysis showed that platoons consisting only of passenger cars experience danger levels that are significantly higher than other platoon types. Furthermore, it was learned that a passenger car traveling just behind a heavy vehicle experiences a serious danger, even though the heavy vehicle traveling ahead of it is very safe.
