A Note on the Security of ITS: Car Crash Analysis in Cruise Control Scenarios

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the security of Intelligent Transportation Systems by modeling vehicle interactions in cruise control scenarios and introduces a formula to predict collisions during hard braking, highlighting potential safety vulnerabilities.

Contribution

It provides a novel analytical approach to predict collisions in cruise control scenarios, emphasizing security implications for ITS systems.

Findings

A formula can predict collisions during hard brake scenarios

Vehicle interaction phases are crucial for collision analysis

Security vulnerabilities in ITS can be assessed through this model

Abstract

Security of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) heavily depends on the security of the underlying components that create such a smart ecosystem. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is embedded into most modern vehicles. In this report, we study the situations that the two vehicles involved in a cruise control scenario create. More precisely, after breaking down the phases the two vehicle go through (especially the ego one), we show how a simple formula can be used to predict collisions in hard brake cruise control scenarios.