The ingenious Anti-collision system

With this system, the spiritual father of the DC-Car system, Claus Illchmann, has been far ahead of everyday reality for several years.

In the 1: 1 reality, only a few car brands are concerned with this type of system.

For example, Volvo is developing a system that they have called Adaptive Cruise Control with Distance Alert. In short, it means that the driver is warned if a collision is imminent or, one step further, the car intervenes itself to avoid a collision.

The DC-Car system has had the latter functionality for several years.

Claus describes the operation as follows:

The basic principle for the DC-Car Anti-Collision System consists of the fact that the predecessor says to the vehicle behind: "I drive for you".

In real life, a driver sees what his predecessor is doing and responds to the brake lights coming on. With the DC-Car system, the driver's eyes have been replaced by two infrared photocells. The brake lights are supported by two infrared LEDs. These LEDs transmit the speed at which the car is driving. A car behind "sees" by receiving an infrared signal that a car is driving in front of him and also receives information at what speed this car is driving. If necessary, the decoder intervenes and adjusts the speed to that of the predecessor. If the car has to brake, the brake lights will light up, as in real life.

Let's take a ride, as long as both cars have enough distance, nothing will happen.

As soon as they approach each other too close, the driver will have to react. In reality, the driver sees whether the predecessor is driving slowly or is stationary. The Anti-Collision System does exactly that.

In any case, the driver will brake, as does the DC-Car decoder.

When the predecessor is stationary, the driver will brake to a standstill, the DC-Car decoder does the same.

Then the driver lights a cigarette, the DC-CAR decoder cannot.

We are going to drive again:

The driver turns around the corner and suddenly sees a car in front of him. He is startled and hat and presses the brake. Maybe a little harder than necessary. The DC-Car decoder does the same.

We drive through:

The driver approaches a slower vehicle, brakes and follows it remotely, as he is in a hurry he always comes too close and has to brake again, you probably recognize that. The DC-Car decoder does the same thing.

Traffic jam on the road:

The pastor slowly crawls forward. His car is too fast in first gear, he has to brake again and even stop completely until they start driving again. The DC-Car decoder does the same.

Pull up at a green traffic light:

The pastor moves on. Our driver is still somewhat startled and then drives away. The DC-Car decoder will do just about the same.

You can see that the DC-Car system is a very realistic representation of reality, so the following situations are possible:

-file driving as in "real" traffic

-stops a car, then the pursuers also stop.

-if this car accelerates, then the pursuers also accelerate. The chasing car adapts its speed to that of its predecessor. If the predecessor is out of sight, the car will slowly pull back to its original speed.

In short, this is how the Anti-Collision System works. I believe the DC-Car system is the solution that best approaches the 1: 1 reality.