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The road accident is major problem around the world and also in Thailand, The main cause is concerning the driving behavior e.g. uncarefulness, aggression, drowsiness and etc. Dangerous driving is categorized by means of lateral vehicle dynamics when the turning or lane changing is performed, and longitudinal one if the braking or rapid acceleration is occurred. For this reason, we developed the vehicle monitoring system based on novel consumer grade multi-satellite navigation receivers and proposed the lateral acceleration estimation from these data. The system were tested within controlled condition tested track. The multiple satellite system, GPS and multi-GNSS: GPS+Glonass and GPS+Beidou were tested and compared to the reference inertial measurement unit (IMU) As results, the maximum lateral acceleration in tested track were chosen and compared with reference IMU.

The road accident is major concern around the world, so do Thailand. It is caused by three main factors: man, vehicle and infrastructure. The most important part that accounts the safety of vehicle is human. With experiences and careful driver, the accident could be diminished. So that the vehicle monitoring systems are the vital tools to screen out the inexperience or aggressive driver. In this paper, we state the problem about the dangerous driving behavior by monitoring lateral and longitudinal acceleration. For this purpose, the inertial measurement unit should be applied but it is inconvenient to install in the vehicle. Consequently, the vehicle monitoring system were developed based on novel consumer grade multi-satellite navigation receivers and were compared to Racelogic Video V-Box system in controlled condition tested track. The incidents were virtually detected and reviewed. The incident detection algorithm were proposed and tested alongside with receivers.

In this study, the method of analyzing the thin-wall crashing box of impact attenuator for student formula is proposed by the means of simulation and validation following Formula Society of Automotive Engineers-SAE rules. The analysis was performed based on computerized simulation software for calculated the absorption capacity of the simple and multiple cell of thin-walled tubes. The effect of thin-wall thickness consisted of 1.2 mm, 1.6 mm and 2.0 mm was also evaluated. The simulation results as energy absorption, crashing force efficiency, and absorbed energy per unit mass were identified among nine patterns. According to the results, the increase of interior cell number and the wall thickness contribute the absorbed energy ability. However, the increment of wall thickness lead to the increase of crashing force magnitude. Regarding the kinetic energy, a 2×2 multiple cell box with the thickness of 2 mm is designated for construction and verify.