ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY, SAVING LIVES : EMERGENCY VEHICLE PREEMPTION

This brochure describes how emergency vehicle preemption can be used to enhance public safety and save lives. The technology allows for emergency response vehicles to intervene in the normal operation of traffic control systems by using wireless communications that are installed on traffic intersections and emergency vehicles.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/operations/its/jpo99002/pubsafety.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3749
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1999 U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Joint Program Office, Washington DC Remarks: Document, in .pdf format, printed from website of US DOT Joint Program Office, and retained in PATH Binder 8
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency communication systems; Safety; Traffic signal preemption
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798119
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-JPO-99-002, EDL # 6871
• Files: PATH, NTL, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 8 2000 12:00AM