Abstract
In the project of Energy-saving ITS Technology, reliable automatic platooning by trucks is a main objective for highway transportation. Utilization of the driving simulator is useful to examine the safety of the automatic platooning by the Project. To examine safety of the proposed system, an actual cabin of a truck is mounted on a driving simulator, and the automatic platooning control is achieved. The behaviors of drivers when the system failed in forming platooning with manual or adaptive cruise control driving are analyzed to examine the reliability of the system. For the reaction delay of the driver, truck could not stop safely in the driver brake. However, if there is brake assist, it enable stopping safely.
