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Advanced Technologies Research
The focus of NHTSA's research on advanced technologies is to evaluate potential benefits of new and existing in-vehicle technologies. This research supports Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and safety defects investigations, advances knowledge about driver behavior, and assists in the development of new vehicle technologies. The advanced technologies that are the subject of NHTSA's research program can be grouped into two categories: vehicle-based systems, such as radar-based collision warning systems; and cooperative vehicle safety systems that use vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems.
	Vehicle-Based Safety Systems
	Crash Warning Systems
	Active Braking Technologies
	Pedestrian Detection Systems
	Estimating Safety Benefits of New Technologies
	Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications for Safety

Electronic Systems Safety
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	Electronic Safe Reliability
	Vehicle Cyberseucrity
	Automated Vehicles

Human Factors Research
The role of human factors research is to provide an understanding of how drivers perform as a system component in the safe operation of vehicles. NHTSA recognizes that driver performance is influenced by many environmental, psychological, and vehicle design factors.
	Driver Distraction
	Impaired Driving
	Crash Warning Interfaces and Connected Vehicle Human Factors
	Quiet Cars

Heavy Vehicle Safety Research
Heavy vehicles include trucks and buses with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) rating of 10,000 pounds or more. The vehicles represent a significant safety challenge for NHTSA, the commercial vehicle industry, and for our Nation-with an average1 of 4,000 fatalities and over 400,000 police-reported crashes involving heavy vehicles occurring each year. NHTSA is aggressively pursuing research related to crash avoidance technologies as well as crash mitigation solutions.
	Automated Vehicles
	Electronic Systems Safety