EFFECTIVENESS OF TRUCK ROLLOVER WARNING SYSTEMS

Different types of intelligent rollover system deployed by road agencies across North America are investigated. The importance of weight is addressed for maximum effectiveness of rollover warning messages for commercial vehicles in a potential rollover situation on sharp curves or exit ramps. The type of information that may be used to activate a rollover warning is discussed to analyze the number of correctly warned vehicles compared with the number of false warnings generated by the rollover warning system. A case study of the effectiveness of an intelligent rollover system is presented. On the basis of this case study, it was found that speed-based rollover warning systems generated anywhere from 44% to 49% more false rollover warnings for commercial vehicles than did rollover warning systems that employed weight information in the rollover decision criteria.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/1779-18
• Summary URL:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1779, Traffic Safety 2001: Americans with Disabilities Act; Driver and Vehicle Modeling; Situation Awareness; Licensing; Driver Behavior; Enforcement; Trucks; and Motorcycles.
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• Authors:
  • Baker, D
  • BUSHMAN, R
  • Berthelot, C
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 134-140
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1779
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Commercial vehicles; Highway curves; Intelligent transportation systems; Off ramps; Rollover crashes; Speed; Trucks; Warning systems; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Activation (Warning systems); False alarms (Rollover warnings)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00824571
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309072379
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 13 2002 12:00AM