Analysis of possibility to utilize road marking for the needs of autonomous vehicles

Abstract

An important part of the smart cities of the future are surely autonomous vehicles as they have a direct effect on the quality of life of its citizens. The possibility of deployment driverless vehicles introduces not only possible improvement of safety due to limitation of human errors, but also a potential utilization of unoccupied cars. This paper describes principles of operating and applicability of one of the technologies allowing the operation of autonomous cars - the Lane Assistant System (LAS) in conditions of the Czech Republic. The properties of road markings on road network were measured on the D5 motorway. Furthermore this information were compared with the data acquired from CAN bus about activation and parameters of LAS in an instrumented vehicle. Finally, suitability analysis was performed to estimate future applicability of such system on the tested roads.