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Blind spot detection – protecting road users

January 11, 2019

Perhaps the most important step towards improved, friendlier and safer urban life is learning how to integrate a wide range of different modes of transport into such a densely populated area. Reducing the number of private cars is crucial to reducing congestion and pollution, but they need to be replaced by something – walking and cycling are the most environmentally friendly alternatives, complemented by buses for mass transit. The mandatory vehicles also include delivery trucks and other services that cannot be carried out otherwise. This is where the conflict arises – on roads where the largest number of the most vulnerable road users (pedestrians and cyclists) are present, the largest vehicles – trucks, vans and buses – move.

A London study found that lorries make up just 4% of all vehicles in the city, but are responsible for 50% of cyclist deaths and 23% of pedestrian deaths. They found that the blind spots of larger vehicles are a major contributing factor to collisions.

Driven by the need for greater urban traffic safety, Mobileye invented and introduced a collision avoidance system for large commercial and municipal vehicles – Mobileye Shield+, specifically designed to help trucks and buses safely navigate their way through urban environments.

Mobileye Shield+ includes the following functions:
– warning when there is insufficient safety distance from other vehicles,
– warning of pedestrians or cyclists in front of the vehicle,
– warning of pedestrians or cyclists in blind spots and in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle,
– the system intelligently judges whether it is an inanimate object or a situation that requires immediate action,
– creates a database and creates hotspots on the map that warn where dangerous situations often occur in the city.

By improving the recognition of the surroundings and protecting pedestrians and cyclists from vehicle blind spots, we contribute to smarter urban planning, which in turn leads the city towards the goal of reduced pollution and a decrease in the mortality rate of traffic participants.

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