Problem
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V2V communication
road safety
adoption level
accident probability
partial adoption
Adverse Effects of V2V Adoption on Road Safety
🤖 AI Summary
This study investigates the non-monotonic impact of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication on road safety under varying penetration rates, revealing a counterintuitive phenomenon wherein high adoption levels may paradoxically increase accident probability due to insufficient coordination. To address this issue, we develop an analytical framework that integrates a refined traffic flow model with V2V interaction mechanisms, leveraging tools from game theory and control theory to derive an optimal signaling strategy. This strategy effectively mitigates the risk of rising accident rates as V2V penetration increases, theoretically guaranteeing a non-increasing accident probability and thereby providing a foundational safety assurance mechanism for the large-scale deployment of V2V systems.
📝 Abstract
Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication is expected to improve road safety and reduce congestion. However, prior work shows that V2V information sharing under partial adoption may increase congestion and decrease safety. We study whether increasing V2V adoption itself affects road safety. We propose a corrected version of an existing model and analyze its behavior under varying adoption levels. We show that, in some cases, increased V2V adoption can increase accident probability. Moreover, under an optimal signaling policy, the system can ensure that accident probability is non-increasing in the adoption level.
Innovation
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V2V communication
road safety
adoption rate
optimal signaling policy
accident probability
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