Research Article

Safety Evaluation of Fog Warning Systems in a Connected Vehicle Environment Based on Sample Entropy

Table 2

Statistical analysis of index under no fog condition.

ZoneGroupSpeed (km/h)Acceleration (m/s2)
Mean (SD)Difference between groupsMean (SD)PDifference between groups

Whole zoneGroup ①105.672 (4.690)0.011①-②0.195 (0.097)0.025①-③
Group ②107.265 (5.757)0.183 (0.105)
Group ③106.443 (5.851)0.139 (0.104)

Clear zoneGroup ①100.452 (2.943)0.017①-②0.202 (0.115)0.011①-③
Group ②102.869 (6.577)0.249 (0.131)
Group ③101.253 (6.355)0.187 (0.108)

Transition zoneGroup ①108.192 (4.645)≤0.001①-②0.120 (0.100)0.001①-③
Group ②111.727 (6.581)①-③0.164 (0.139)②-③
Group ③109.499 (3.417)②-③0.103 (0.009)

Fog zoneGroup ①109.322 (4.937)0.013①-②0.209 (0.139)0.612
Group ②109.804 (5.410)①-③0.137 (0.113)
Group ③109.946 (3.913)0.126 (0.095)

Significant at the 95% confidence level.