A REPORT ON THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHWAY COMMUNICATION FOR SERVICE AND SAFETY
A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF GOVERNMENT, HIGHWAY USES, SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, MANUFACTURERS, AND TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS WAS REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE NEED FOR AN ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND SERVICE OF THE HIGHWAY USER. DETAILED PRESENTATIONS PERTAINING TO EXISTING INDIVIDUAL AND PROPOSED MOTORIST ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WERE OUTLINED. IN ADDITION TO SUGGESTED INNOVATIONS AS EXPANDED POLICE PATROL, THE REPORTING OF DISABLED VEHICLES BY COOPERATIVE MOTORISTS, AND INCREASED HELICOPTER AND TELEVISION SURVEILLANCE, MANY UNIQUE MOTORISTS ASSISTANCE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WERE DETAILED BY THEIR SPONSORS. HIGHWAY EMERGENCY LOCATING PROGRAM (HELP) PROVIDES FOR THE OUTFITTING OF AUTOMOBILES WITH A 5-WATT, 27 MHZ CITIZENS BAND TRANSCEIVERS. THIS WOULD ENABLE EMERGENCY CALLS FOR HIGHWAY ASSISTANCE TO BE PLACED BY THE AVERAGE MOTORIST. RADIO EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED CITIZEN'S TEAMS, (REACT) CONSIST OF VOLUNTEER CB CHANNEL MONITORING BY ORGANIZED ROUND-THE-CLOCK CB TEAMS. COMMUNITY RADIO WATCH (CRW) IS DESIGNED TO ENLIST THE AID OF ALL LAND MOBILE RADIO USERS TO COOPERATE WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES BY ALERTING POLICE AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES WHEN CRIMES, ACCIDENTS, AND FIRES ARE DEPICTED. THE DRIVER AID, INFORMATION AND ROUTING (DAIR) UTILIZES 27 MHZ CB FREQUENCIES. DAIR OPERATION IS DESCRIBED. RADIO ROAD ALERT (RRA) IS A METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE MOTORIST BY THE ACTIVATION OF PRERECORDED MESSAGES CARRIED IN THE EQUIPPED VEHICLE. A SYSTEM CALLED MULTICOM UTILIZES INDUCTION RADIO TECHNIQUES. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT SIMPLICITY, UNIFORMITY, RELIABILITY, MINIMUM OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COST, AND PUBLIC APPROVAL OF A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM ARE ESSENTIAL. THE POTENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE VEHICLE, THE HIGHWAY, THE ENVIRONMENT, JURISDICTIONS INVOLVED, AND THE GROWTH THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Electronic Research in the Highway Field and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Flood, Bernard H
- Publication Date: 1968
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: pp 17-19
- Monograph Title: Highway communications
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 219
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Communication systems; Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Helicopters; Highway safety; Radio; Television cameras; Traffic incidents; Traffic surveillance; Travelers; User benefits
- Uncontrolled Terms: Disabled vehicles
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225246
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Sep 30 1994 12:00AM