Connected Commercial Vehicles—Retrofit Safety Device Kit Project: Safety Applications Performance and Functional Test Plan and Procedure

Connected vehicle wireless data communications can enable safety applications that may reduce injuries and fatalities. Cooperative vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) safety applications will be effective only if a high fraction of vehicles are equipped. Deployment of V2V technology will be enhanced if it is available not only for manufacturing in new vehicles but also for retrofit to existing vehicles. The objective of the Connected Commercial Vehicles—Retrofit Safety Device (CCV-RSD) Kit Project was to develop complete hardware and software that can be used in various brands and models of heavy trucks. The RSD kits provide the functionality needed for cooperative V2V and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) safety applications to support the Model Deployment and other U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) connected vehicle projects. This project included testing and documentation needed for installation, operation, enhancement, and maintenance of the units. These retrofit kits were built so they could be installed in existing class 6, 7, or 8 trucks. The RSD kits achieved a V2V and V2I functionality similar to that of the Connected Commercial Vehicles—Integrated Truck vehicles, where onboard equipment was integrated with newly manufactured truck tractors. This document describes the performance and functional test plan and procedures that were later used to verify that the safety applications in an RSD kit that had been installed in a tractor. The document specifies a series of tests for the Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Emergency Electronic Brake Lights (EEBL), Intersection Movement Assist (IMA), Blind Spot Warning/Lane Change Warning (BSW/LCW), and Curve Speed Warning (CSW) safety applications.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3491
• Corporate Authors:

  Denso International America, Incorporated

  North America Research Laboratory
  3252 Business Park Drive
  Vista, CA  United States  92081

  Battelle

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201-2693

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wells, Bryan
  • Berg, Roger
• Publication Date: 2014-3-28

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Task Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 78p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Active safety systems; Commercial vehicles; Computers; Mobile communication systems; Performance measurement; Retrofitting; Software; Test procedures; Trucking safety; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01554404
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-JPO-14-107, 100005986-402
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-11-D-00014/T11001
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 26 2015 9:49AM