AUTOMATIC HEADWAY CONTROL AS A PART OF AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC CONTROL

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THE CAPACITY OF ROADS COULD BE CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED BY THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF VEHICLE FOLLOWING DISTANCE. THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH A CONTROL SYSTEM, THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED, AND THE PRACTICABILITY OF ITS INTRODUCTION ARE DISCUSSED. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Motor Industry Research Association

  Watling Street
  Nuneaton CV10 0TU, Warwickshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • Wocher, B
  • Nier, J
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 18 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 33/7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Headways; Spacing; Traffic control; Vehicle capacity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228528
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R & D Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1973 12:00AM