MINNESOTA'S INTELLIGENT VEHICLE INITIATIVE

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), in cooperation with the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is conducting a major Field Operational Test (FOT) of Intelligent Vehicle Initiative technology. The vehicle technology assists drivers in low visibility conditions including blowing snow, rain, fog and darkness by providing the driver with lateral control guidance and warnings to avoid collisions. The system provides a computer-generated view of the roadway lane edges and visual radar tracking of nearby vehicles--essentially an overlay of information in the driver's field of view that compensates for the poor visibility conditions. The FOT is focusing on specialty vehicles and their operators - snowplows, State Patrol squad cars and ambulances. The field operational test will begin October, 2001. The project will evaluate the ability of this technology to reduce collisions, enhance operations, and improve overall public safety and mobility. The technology employed includes Differential GPS, magnetic pavement marking tape, radar detection, a windshield heads-up display and several types of warning devices. The system design and evaluation is centered on human factor considerations through extensive simulation and field-tests involving drivers. The evaluation will establish the costs and benefits of these systems as well as the potential for marketplace deployment in specialized fleets and eventually light passenger vehicles. This paper provides a project description and status report including: system design, human factors testing, road infrastructure (pavement tape, DGPS, etc.) and vehicle systems, and evaluation plan.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Gardner, W
• Conference:
  • ITE 2001 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Date: 2001-8-19 to 2001-8-22
• Publication Date: 2001-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ambulances; Automatic steering control; Crash avoidance systems; Darkness; Edge lines; Fog; Global Positioning System; Head up displays; Human factors; Intelligent vehicles; Magnetic tapes; Mobility; Operations; Police patrol; Police vehicles; Radar detectors; Rain; Road marking tapes; Snow; Snowplows; Traffic crashes; Traffic lanes; Traffic safety; Visibility; Warning systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00824756
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0935403620
• Report/Paper Numbers: CD-013
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 15 2002 12:00AM