MAKING WAY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES

For emergency services workers, getting to the scene is often half the battle. 26,000 accidents involve police, rescue, and fire engine vehicles in the U.S. each year. Many of these occur at intersections. The answer to reducing this type of accident and increasing safety for all may lie in signal prioritization systems. These systems work by means of auditory sensors on traffic signals that 'hear' the oncoming siren and relay a signal to the controller card which processes the signal and issues a request to the traffic controller. The phasing sequence is then altered by the prioritization request to give the approaching emergency vehicle a green light. This hi-tech solution alleviates traffic congestion and driver confusion, increasing response time and ultimately preventing tragic vehicular accidents.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Sterling Publications Limited

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• Authors:
  • Taylor, S T
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 49
• Serial:
  • Intelligent Transport Systems 2000
  • Publisher: Sterling Publications Limited
  • ISSN: 1464-5221

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Emergency response time; Emergency vehicles; Fire vehicles; Police vehicles; Sensors; Signalized intersections; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal phases; Traffic signal preemption
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00781940
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 11 2000 12:00AM