AUTOMATIC CAR CONTROLS FOR ELECTRONIC HIGHWAYS

This report begins with a description of the present driver-vehicle system. This is followed by a discussion of the function of the General Motors Research automatic controls and how these controls perform their functions. These include automatic guidance, automatic speed control, automatic spacing, and fail-safe operation. The location of car-based components are then described. The report concludes with a section on the advancements in automatic highway travel from General Motors Research.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: June 1960 Published By: General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, MI
• Corporate Authors:

  General Motors Corporation

  Research and Development Center, 30500 Mound Road
  Warren, MI  United States  48090
• Authors:
  • Gardels, Keith
• Publication Date: 1960

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00771829
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM