Research Article

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

Table 4

Statistical analysis of index under heavy fog condition.

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

Whole zoneGroup ①88.854 (14.358)≤0.001①-②0.274 (0.134)0.469
Group ②82.068 (10.248)①-③0.255 (0.124)
Group ③82.393 (13.452)0.353 (0.144)

Clear zoneGroup ①103.267 (6.143)≤0.001①-②0.245 (0.092)≤0.001①-②
Group ②99.737 (10.432)①-③0.163 (0.112)①-③
Group ③98.481 (10.895)②-③0.186 (0.119)

Transition zoneGroup ①107.230 (8.223)≤0.001①-②0.235 (0.191)≤0.001①-③
Group ②92.157 (10.358)①-③0.318 (0.254)②-③
Group ③94.319 (13.514)0.657 (0.364)

Fog zoneGroup ①70.433 (10.342)≤0.001①-②0.341 (0.134)0.001①-②
Group ②64.767 (13.254)①-③0.284 (0.173)①-③
Group ③66.643 (9.845)②-③0.271 (0.157)

Significant at the 95% confidence level.