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these vehicles and their drivers. Key elements of the system, the drivers who make
deliveries are faced with various tasks under constant time pressure and in an
extremely complex and hostile environment. Confronted with these multiple
constraints, the driver-deliverers are subjected to heavy mental burdens that
reinforce the benefit of developing driving aid systems to prevent accidents to
vulnerable users.
Figure 7.1.
Industrial vehicles and vulnerable road users in
an urban environment: a difficult cohabitation
In light of these observations, the VIVRE2 project (Industrial Vehicles and
Vulnerable Road Users), subsidized in 2005 by the National Research Agency in the
context of the PREDIT
1
and approved by the competitiveness cluster LUTB2015
2
,
aimed to design and evaluate technological solutions for implementation in
industrial vehicles. Such devices should significantly reduce the number of accidents
involving people and industrial vehicles in an urban environment.
In an unfavorable economic context, the choice of low-cost solutions is an
absolute necessity for the distribution of innovative solutions in trucks (see also
Chapter 6). Moreover, before developing and installing the innovative driving aid
systems in industrial vehicles, it is essential to adopt a research approach based on
the real needs and activity of the drivers. This type of approach enables the
feasibility of such systems to be specified and the relevance and efficiency to be
tested on a driving simulator.
This chapter presents the approach adopted in the VIVRE2 project for the design
of driving aid systems: from the specification of assistance strategies and the
1 National Research and Innovation Program in Ground Transport.
2 Lyon Urban Truck and Bus 2015.
