GERMANY ADOPTS DRIVER GUIDANCE SYSTEM

Brief details are given of an electronic guidance system, which has been accepted by the German government. The driver's equipment consists of a screen on the dashboard, and a selector, transmitter and receiver. The selector corresponds with area divisions of Germany, which have been accepted by the federal government and which divides the country up into numbered zones, there being 6000 different destinations in total. Instructions come from embedded induction units at the edge of the carriageway and are indicated to the driver by means of arrows on the screen. As the car approaches turn-offs, a series of pips remind the driver to watch the screen. The panel also shows road conditions and the best speed. The whole system is controlled by a central computer, which, in the event of traffic congestion, can be modified to change direction if necessary. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1975-7-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 13
• Serial:
  • Highways and Road Construction
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 1787

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Advanced vehicle control systems; Digital computers; Driver information systems; Drivers; Electronics; Equipment; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Instrument panels; Radio receivers; Radio transmitters; Vehicles; Windshields
• Uncontrolled Terms: Guidance
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Receivers /instrumentation/
• ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 8673: Digital computer; 1772: Driver; 6965: Electronics; 3674: Equipment; 8125: Germany; 9104: Guidance; 8555: Information documentation; 1311: Windscreen (veh)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132244
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM