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A note on the mathematical biology of automobile driving

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It is pointed out that the three different stimuli for a corrective turn, namely the distance from the edge of the lane, the rate of approach to the edge, and the angle between the direction of the car and the direction of the lane (Bull. Math. Biophysics,28, 645–654, 1966,29, 181–186, 1967) may act all three simultaneously. It is found that in that case the tracking curve of the car is stable below a critical speed and becomes unstable above it.

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  • Rashevsky, N. 1966. “Further Studies on the Shape of the Tracking Curve of an Automobile on its Dependence of Biological Parameters of the Driver”.Bull. Math. Biophysics,28, 645–654.

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  • Rashevsky, N. “Mathematical Biology of Automobile Driving”.Ibid., Bull. Math. Biophysics,29, 181–186.

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Rashevsky, N. A note on the mathematical biology of automobile driving. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 29, 187–188 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476971

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