Assessing the Compatibility Between Australian Roads and New Vehicle Technologies

The promotion of driver assist technologies are based on a) the impressive effectiveness rates these technologies boast and b) the premise that the technologies will be capable of mitigating technology-sensitive crash types independent of where vehicles fitted with these technologies are driven. Not all roads in Australia, however, have technology-supportive road infrastructure. This research set out to identify how much of the Australian road network is not fitted with the infrastructure that is required for supporting technologies including Lane Keep Assist (LKA), Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) and Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) and the implications of this on road safety.