VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

List of interaction states
Status Description
Vehicle Record
FREE The vehicle is not affected by any relevant preceding
vehicle; it tries to stick to the desired speed
Cf. section 5.4.1: "Free driving“
FOLLOW The vehicle tries to follow the preceding vehicle at the
preceding vehicle’s speed
Cf. section 5.4.1: "Following"
BRAKEBX Braking for the desired safety distance (before reaching
the safety distance range)
Cf. section 5.4.1: "Approaching"
BRAKEAX Braking for the desired safety distance (from within the
safety distance)
Cf. section 5.4.1: "Braking"
CLOSEUP Closing up to a standing preceding vehicle or an obstacle
(signal head, stop sign, priority rule, conflict area...)
BRAKEZX Target deceleration aiming at an emergency stop position
(for a lane change) or at the start of a reduced speed area
BRAKELC Slight deceleration for a lane change when waiting for a
gap in the upstream flow on the adjacent lane
BRAKECOOP Cooperative braking in favor of another vehicle that
intends to change to another lane (set via parameter
Maximum deceleration for cooperative braking)
PELOPS Acceleration/deceleration according to an external
DriverModel DLL
SLEEP Parameter Temporary lack of attention is just active at
that moment, neither acceleration nor deceleration is
recorded (except for emergency braking)
PASS Acceleration/deceleration to reach the permitted speed
(due to the lateral distance) for overtaking another vehicle
which is either on the same lane or on the adjacent lane
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