Parametric Study of a Blind Spot Zone: Case Studies of Perodua Viva, Perodua Myvi and Proton Suprima

Abstract

The initial works on Blind Spot Zone (BSZ) identification presents the importance of the blind spot towards the everyday drive. The alarming collision rate in the blind spot zone especially when changing lanes has triggered the necessity of BSZ detection and warning system, focusing on a daily-used and affordable car segment. Such technologies are recently available at top variant cars. Therefore, a low cost yet facilitative BSZ detection and warning system is required. This paper presents the continuity experimental result of identification of the BSZ of three different car segments, i.e. Perodua Viva in a compact A-segment car, Perodua Myvi in a compact B-segment and Proton Suprima in a C- segment hatchback. Instead of using volunteered persons, this paper presents a dedicated platform with adjustable heights and camera to replace the human. The results show that the blind spot area and angle is affected by types of car model and driver heights. Also, the relationship between the blind spot area and angle with driver height can be shown in a straight line.