Distraction and inattention prevention by combining Behaviour-Based Safety with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

Development of Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) has been carried out largely independently of each other. Although both approaches have the same goal of improving traffic safety, they operate at different timescales to achieve accident prevention. This chapter examines how both ADAS and BBS approaches can be combined into a more holistic framework and applied to preventing distraction and inattention. The combination of ADAS (immediate feedback) with BBS (long-term feedback) is illustrated by using the analogy of 'team play'. Both ADAS and BBS are players of the same team on the 'accident prevention playing field' and united, they become a better team. With the BBS-ADAS team, traffic safety has the opportunity to advance into an entirely new league.