Effectiveness Study of Ambulance Avoidance Reminder Function Combined with 45-Degree Oblique Stopping Method in Navigation Software

Abstract

In recent years, the news of car owners avoiding emergency vehicles has been widely discussed by the society. With the introduction of related functions in domestic mainstream navigation software, how to give way to ambulances has become a major problem. Statistically, the 45° diagonal parking method, which is necessary to give way to ambulances, has yet to increase in popularity in China. 45° diagonal parking is a method of parking a vehicle in a specific traffic scenario. It is a method of parking a vehicle in a specific traffic scenario. It is defined as: when an emergency situation arises and it is necessary to give way to a special vehicle (e.g. an ambulance, a fire truck, etc.), the driver parks the vehicle diagonally at an angle of approximately 45 degrees, thus quickly opening up a lane for the special vehicle to pass through without disturbing the order of the traffic as much as possible. This method aims to improve the efficiency of special vehicles in emergency situations and minimize delays caused by traffic congestion. Therefore, the author will mainly focus on the 45° diagonal stop method, which is the mainstream give way method, and verify the effectiveness of the function of the navigation software reminding to give way by means of mathematical modelling, and provide improvement methods for the results.