Driver Assisting by Inverse Time to Collision

The paper is proposing a specific indicator, the inverse time to collision TTC
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, useful when analyzing the highway traffic. The advantage of TTC
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vs. TTC is a direct and continuous dependence with the collision risk. TTC
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could be used as an input in car following algorithms. Because the automate driving is yet in a research stage, a feasible application for TTC
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would be rather assisting the driver of the following car at the choice of the distance gap towards the first car.