CONTRIBUTION OF VEHICLE RECORDING SYSTEMS TO ROAD SAFETY

Black boxes have proved invaluable in determining the causes of airplane crashes. The data they provide is an indispensable help for the training of pilots and tool for the designers of airplanes. Both aspects contribute to safety. The same effect of improved safety applies for vehicle recording systems (VRS) in road transport. This paper presents two VRS (tachograph and accident data recorder) and highlights their contribution to road safety based on many years of experience. The paper also outlines how VRS improves the performance of drivers and commercial vehicles to optimize the supply chain and also sketches how VRS can be used as platforms for telematic applications. For the covering abstract see ITRD E114174.

• Corporate Authors:

  ERTICO

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  ITS America

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  VERTIS

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• Authors:
  • LEHMANN, G
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH WORLD CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
  • Location: Turin , Italy
  • Date: 2000-11-6 to 2000-11-9
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Conferences; Crashes; Data collection; Drivers; Driving; Highways; Intelligent transportation systems; Motor skills; Safety; Tachographs; Telematics
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 8623: Data acquisition; 1772: Driver; 2755: Highway; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 1665: Safety; 2205: Skill (road user); 1338: Tachograph; 8755: Telematics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00933444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 7 2002 12:00AM