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Design a Vehicle Crash Controller for an Automated Highway System 

Design a PID controller to maintain the specified relative speed between two automobiles and guide the active vehicle as commanded.

The automobile system model.

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A PID controller for the system.

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Model the prescribed constant relative speed as a step reference and simulate the response of the closed-loop system.

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