ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TORT LIABILITY ISSUES

The planned introduction of Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) will have a profound impact on the driving environment. It will give drivers access to a vast array of real time information about traffic, highway conditions and safety tips that will allow for more efficient travel and improved safety, and permit drivers to respond to dynamic road conditions. This paper discusses tort law and the minor impediments to the introduction to ATMS that it may present. Suppliers of information may face law claims for fraud and negligent misrepresentation, and negligence, and manufacturers and designers of ATMS products may also face tort liability. However, it is likely that full responsibility for accidents will remain with the drivers, since they will retain full control over their vehicles.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/16000/16600/16639/PB2000104445.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott

  50 California Street, 34th Floor
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94111

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Roberts, S N
  • Hightower, A S
  • Thornton, M G
  • Cunningham, L N
  • Terry, R G
• Publication Date: 1993-12-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 61 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Advertising; Designers; Drivers; Financial responsibility; Fraud; Industries; Information systems; Laws and legislation; Negligence; Suppliers; Tort liability
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00815154
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-93-C-00087
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 16 2001 12:00AM