The automated vehicle conversion system presented in the report provides a low-cost method of reducing worker exposure to hazardous conditions. Automation of a traffic control vehicle not only eliminates the risk to the life of the driver but also eliminates the labor expense of a driver. Safety is additionally enhanced to work crews and motorists by allowing the system to be used in situations where the added expense of a driver is not practical. This is particularly true for local highway departments with limited budgets. Future benefits include automated collision-prevention and completely autonomous intelligent vehicle tracking, navigation and control for IVHS. In this Phase I, MTI has demonstrated the automated follow vehicle capability on both reduced-scale and full-scale vehicles. The resulting automated system is easily adaptable to existing highway maintenance vehicles. (Copyright (c) 1994 National Academy of Sciences.)


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    Titel :

    Automated Vehicle for Enhanced Work Crew Safety


    Beteiligte:
    E. N. MacLeod (Autor:in) / M. Chiarella (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1994


    Format / Umfang :

    46 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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