Citation

Moussa N. Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 2003; 68(3 Pt 2): 036127.

Affiliation

LMSPCPV, Dept. de Physique, FST, Boite Postale 509, Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Physical Society, Publisher American Institute of Physics)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14524852

Abstract

Conditions for the occurrence of car accidents are introduced in the Nagel-Schreckenberg model. These conditions are based on the thought that a real accident depends on several parameters: an unexpected action of the car ahead (sudden stop or abrupt deceleration), the gap between the two cars, the velocity of the successor car and its delayed reaction time. We discuss then the effect of this delayed reaction time on the probability of traffic accidents. We find that these conditions for the occurrence of car accidents are necessary for modeling realistic accidents.

Language: en