Driving simulators are increasingly being used to test the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that interface with the driver in the vehicle. Examples of such technologies include autonomous, on-board sensors (Huguenin, 1993) which potentially can prevent many of the rear-end crashes that lead to fatalities or serious injuries (Knipling, Mironer, Hendricks, Tijerin, Everson, Allen and Wilson, 1993). A study of the simulator image factors which affect the detection of rear-end collisions and, more generally, of motion is described below. The study was undertaken on the University of Massachusetts driving simulator located at the Amherst campus.
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