ADVANCES TOWARD THE AUTOMATIC HIGHWAY

A CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT IN CAPACITY AND SAFETY CAN BE ACHIEVED BY HIGHWAY AUTOMATION. ONE DESIGN FOR SUCH AUTOMATION, WHICH INVOLVES A DUAL-MODE SYSTEM WHEREBY A VEHICLE IS MANUALLY CONTROLLED ON NONAUTOMATED ROADS AND AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED ON AUTOMATED ONES, IS FIRST DESCRIBED. A PROGRESS REPORT ON VARIOUS EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES RELEVANT TO THIS DESIGN IS PRESENTED. THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH TWO APPROACHES TO VEHICLE AUTOMATIC STEERING ARE DEFINED. A SUGGESTED PARTIAL SOLUTION THAT RESULTED IN SUCCESSFUL VEHICLE AUTOMATIC STEERING AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IS PRESENTED. A SCHEME FOR AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL CONTROL IS OUTLINED, AND TEST DATA FROM LEAD-CAR OVERTAKING AND EMERGENCY BRAKING STUDIES ARE GIVEN. THE RESULTS OF A CONTINUING STUDY OF AUTOMATIC MERGING ARE PRESENTED. AN APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DRIVER- VEHICLE SYSTEM DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN NON- AUTOMATED AND FULLY AUTOMATED HIGHWAYS IS DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1971/344/344-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Vehicle Characteristics and presented at the 50th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Fenton, R E
  • Olson, K W
  • Bender, J G
• Discussers:
  • Lenard, Michael
  • Segel, Lenard
  • Wilkie, Dennis F
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 1-20
• Monograph Title: Vehicle characteristics
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 344
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automation; Design; Experiments; Highways; Manual control; Steering; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223493
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 999
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM