Research Article

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

Table 3

Statistical analysis of index under light fog condition.

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

Whole zoneGroup ①106.032 (7.958)≤0.001①-②0.207 (0.185)≤0.001①-②
Group ②92.625 (6.375)①-③0.218 (0.124)①-③
Group ③93.585 (6.718)0.238 (0.224)

Clear zoneGroup ①111.363 (2.823)≤0.001①-②0.130 (0.090)0.011①-②
Group ②87.692 (6.696)①-③0.309 (0.121)②-③
Group ③91.063 (8.424)②-③0.290 (0.101)

Transition zoneGroup ①115.647 (6.542)≤0.001①-②0.289 (0.170)0.063
Group ②98.225 (7.229)①-③0.201 (0.179)
Group ③102.302 (5.646)②-③0.220 (0.159)

Fog zoneGroup ①99.520 (6.001)≤0.001①-②0.201 (0.141)≤0.001①-②
Group ②95.339 (3.459)①-③0.143 (0.106)①-③
Group ③93.634 (3.454)②-③0.205 (0.139)②-③

Significant at the 95% confidence level.