RURAL FREEWAY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS: FINAL PHASE REPORT
VARIOUS STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD DIRECTED TOWARD DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF NEED FOR ANY MOTORIST-AID SYSTEM AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THESE NEEDS WERE MET BY THE SYSTEM INSTALLED. THIS SYSTEM PROCEEDED FROM A RESEARCH PLAN TO SYSTEM DESIGN AND THEN TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION. MANY REQUIREMENTS AND DESIRABLE ASPECTS WERE DETAILED IN THE PROCESS FOR USE IN OTHER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS. THE STUDIES SHOW A VEHICLE STOPPING RATE (OVER 12 MIN) OF 0.825 STOPS PER MILE PER DAY IN THE SUMMER AND 1 STOP PER 2 MILES PER DAY IN THE WINTER. IT IS POSSIBLY COINCIDENTAL, BUT THE STOPPING RATES INCREASED EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE INCREASE IN WINTER-TO-SUMMER AVERAGE DAILY VOLUMES. ON THE BASIS OF KNOWLEDGE OF OPERATING MOTORIST-AID SYSTEMS, A TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS RECOMMENDED. THIS APPROACH, COUPLED WITH SOME PATROL ACTIVITY AND READY REFERENCE TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL AGENCY, SEEMS TO PROVIDE THE MOST DESIRABLE ELEMENTS OF A SYSTEM OF AID FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS. /AUTHOR/
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- Sponsored by Committee on Communications and Committee on Motorist Services and presented at the 50th 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:
- Roth, Walter J
- Publication Date: 1971
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 8-16
- Monograph Title: Communications and emergency services
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 358
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Communication systems; Crash reports; Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Rural highways; Telephone
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226143
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309019737
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 999
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM